They have none of the special skills you’d find in tunnel, Gunn, varicap, Zener, and avalanche diodes, or even LEDs, instead they are simply a one-way valve for electrical current. Connect them ...

A TU Delft team has demonstrated a one-way superconductor that gives zero resistance in one direction, but blocks current completely in the other. The discovery, long thought impossible, heralds a ...

See diode. Built like two diodes in a row (three PN junctions) but with a third terminal, a thyristor is a one-way valve that, once turned on, lets current flow until it falls below a certain ...

An acoustic diode, enabling the one-way transmission of sound waves, could dramatically improve the quality of medical ultrasound imaging and lead to better sound dampening materials. Such a ...

Essentially, every electronic device in use today involves semiconductors, which can either inhibit or enhance the flow of electrons in one direction, allowing precise control over electrical signals.

A diode allows current to flow one way but not the other in an electrical circuit. It's essentially half of a transistor, the main element in computer chips.

One of the most fundamental components in electronics is the diode. It regulates electric current by letting electrons pass in one direction but not the other, and forms a critical part of almost ...

I’m not going to be the laser safety nanny here, except in the way of burning out a diode laser with too much current. That’s a fear that I have from the early 1990s when diode lasers were ...

A superconducting diode effect was observed in an Fe(Se,Te)/FeTe heterostructure, enabling current to preferentially flow in one direction under varying temperatures and magnetic fields.