III. Hot Links to Other Useful Diode WWW Sites

Please let me know of any useful diode-related links!

• Research

  • The High Temperature Electronics Network. Info and news on some more exotic semiconductors.
  • International Symposium on Blue Laser and Light Emitting Diode
  • Silicon Carbide High Temperature Integrated Electronics and Sensors, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • III-V Semiconductors
  • The unofficial II-VI semiconductor home page
  • Planar Varactor Multiplier and Mixer Diodes for Submillimeter and THz Receivers

• Diode Modelling

  • V I Engineering (Commercial modelling for SPICE/SABER)

• Usenet Newsgroups

  • sci.engr.semiconductors
    This newsgroup is physics and fabrication oriented. It is not circuit-oriented at all.
  • sci.electronics.components
    A more general circuit-oriented group.
  • Plus, there's the rest of the sci.electronics hierarchy:
    • sci.electronics.basics
    • sci.electronics.cad
    • sci.electronics.design
    • sci.electronics.equipment
    • sci.electronics.misc
    • sci.electronics.repair

• Miscellaneous

  • The Lexicon of Semiconductor Terms
  • How Semiconductors are Made
  • Semiconductor tutorials
  • WWW pages that contain links to this page. Worth a look!
  • Antique Electronic Supply for history buffs
  • Raytheon CK722 Transistor Fan Club

• What Laser Diodes are Actually Available?

  Laser diodes are often very difficult to buy in small quantities from reputable suppliers. Beware the diodes from hobby-electronics suppliers! They aren't always what they say they are!
  
  Here's a good commercial place to check laser diode availability:

  • http://www.thorlabs.com/thor-lguide.html.

  If you are looking for lower-cost hobby-type lasers, check out these links:

  • Don Klipstein's List of Suppliers of Inexpensive Lasers