Experimental evidences of light beam filtering by three-dimensional photonic crystal

We report first experimental evidences of spatial filtering of light beam in three-dimensional photonic crystals. The photonic crystals were fabricated in a glass bulk, where the refraction index was modified by applying femtosecond laser pulses. We observe the modification of the angular spectra (the far field) in the central maximum of the transmitted radiation in accordance with the theory of spatial filtering.