The secret sauce is in component selection and tuning. Opengeiger uses the BPW34 diode because it is relatively common and has a large surface area, but also because it has a very low capacitance ...

Research on oxide‐based diodes can be broadly categorized into four main types: p–n heterojunction diodes, Schottky diodes, metal–insulator–semiconductor diodes, and self‐switching diodes. This ...

The chapter covers the various types of semiconductor diode lasers and compares them to nonlaser light‐emitting diodes (LEDs). The progress of diode lasers owes much to the development of structures ...

Another benefit is the higher power output. Multimode laser diodes are able to generate higher optical power, making them ...

also known as a Shockley Diode, is a crystal made of alternating layers of N- and P- type semiconductors. By putting in four layers, instead of the three used in transistors, the Shockley Diode ...