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SUMMARYThe fibre optic transmission systems require a bandwidth of about 25 THz in telecommunications networks, for which it is necessary to resort to dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems. These systems need optical filters to broadcast selectively or not in a given wavelength band.A new very promising technology for these applications is the photonic crystals with forbidden bandgap (photonic bandgap (PBG)).In this paper, we propose a model of PBG devices to design DWDM filters on PBG materials.

We describe the design, fabrication and test results of a segmented Hybrid Photon Detector with integrated auto-triggering front-end electronics. Both the photodetector and its VLSI readout electronics are custom designed and have been tailored to the requirements of a recently proposed novel geometrical concept of a Positron Emission Tomograph. Emphasis is put on the PET specific features of the device. The detector has been fabricated in the photocathode facility at CERN.