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The method of growing the colloidal crystals on the end face of optical fiber is researched. The wet chemical etching technique is used to etch single mode fiber to obtain a shallow circular-cavity between the coating and cladding. The optical fiber with the cavity is immersed upside into solution containing polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) spheres and the colloidal crystals are formed into the cavity...