Diodes are fundamental semiconductor devices that form the basic building blocks of many electronic devices, such as transistors and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). A diode is normally made by joining a ...

This Review Article provides an overview of chaos in laser diodes by surveying experimental achievements in the area and explaining the theory behind the phenomenon. The fundamental physics ...

The new “Josephson diode” operates in the absence of a magnetic field and could, the team says, lead to a new generation of faster, more energy-efficient electronics. Conventional diodes are put to a ...

A trio of scientists, two from Japan and one from the U.S., will share the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which led to a new, environmentally ...

Schematic of vortex-induced superconducting diode effect. Credit: Communications Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42005-025-02118-w ...

The text explains the science behind diodes and LEDs, their applications, ... For this feat they received the physics Nobel Prize in 2014. An eco-friendly organic LED developed.

This year's Nobel Prize in physics goes to researchers whose findings you probably rely on just about every day (or, if you're like me, just about every minute). The blue light-emitting diodes ...

A superconducting diode bridge composed of four superconducting diodes efficiently converts AC to DC at cryogenic temperatures, achieving rectification efficiencies up to 42% ± 5%.

Spectra-Physics' ProLite diode lasers includes a range of products covering the 780 to 980 nm range. Single emitter and fiber-coupled single emitter lasers typically offer several watts of direct ...

At 3.2 million watts, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory laser diode array is the most powerful ever built, and will form part of an even larger quadrillion watt femtosecond pulsed laser ...

A trio of Japanese scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday, for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which enabled energy-saving white light sources that can ...