Ultra‐stable, low‐noise two‐stage current source concept for electronics and laser applications by Grzegorz Dudzik

“…The two‐stage current source has been successfully implemented in a fully integrated diode‐pumped solid‐state lasers.…”
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A single-phase seven-level switched capacitor with common ground inverter and improved phase-shift modulation technique by Bisma Saif, Adil Sarwar, Shafiq Ahmad, Shiue-Der Lu, Hwa-Dong Liu

“…The proposed topology utilizes 10 switches, 4 capacitors and 1 diode. This article also suggests an improved Phase Shift (PS) Modulation Technique which reduces overall losses. …”
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An Experiment and Detection Scheme for Cavity-Based Light Cold Dark Matter Particle Searches by Masroor H. S. Bukhari, Zahoor H. Shah

“…The scheme is based on our idea of a resonant detector, incorporating an integrated tunnel diode (TD) and GaAs HEMT/HFET (High-Electron Mobility Transistor/Heterogeneous FET) transistor amplifier, weakly coupled to a cavity in a strong transverse magnetic field. …”
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Wide Voltage Gain Range Enhanced Cubic Boost Converter With Reduced Components Voltage Stress by Vemparala Seshagiri Rao, M. S. Bhaskar, Mahmoud F. Elmorshedy, Dhafer Almakhles

“…Additionally, these converters require switch and load diode ratings equal to the output voltage, which increases switching losses and reduces converter efficiency. …”
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Experimental Demonstration of Special-Shaped 32-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Constellations for Visible Light Communications by Xinyue Guo, Shuangshuang Li, Yang Guo

“…With the rapid development of light-emitting diode, visible light communication (VLC) has become a candidate technology for the next generation of high-speed indoor wireless communication. …”
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Energy yield framework to simulate thin film CIGS solar cells and analyze limitations of the technology by Santhosh Ramesh, Arttu Tuomiranta, Georgi H. Yordanov, Hussein Badran, Ali Hajjiah, Bart Vermang, Jef Poortmans

“…Our research highlights the importance of reducing the diode ideality factor for enhancing CIGS power conversion efficiency, particularly In low-light conditions. …”
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Laser Desorption-Ion Mobility Spectrometry of Explosives for Forensic and Security Applications by Giorgio Felizzato, Martin Sabo, Matej Petrìk, Francesco Saverio Romolo

“…Methods: The LD sampling technique employs a laser diode module to vaporise explosive traces on surfaces, allowing immediate analysis by IMS without sample preparation. …”
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Phenolic Profile, Antioxidant Activity, and Enzyme Inhibitory Properties of Limonium delicatulum (Girard) Kuntze and Limonium quesadense Erben by A. Ruiz-Riaguas, G. Zengin, K.I. Sinan, C. Salazar-Mendías, E.J. Llorent-Martínez

“…The characterization and quantitation of individual phytochemicals were performed with liquid chromatography with diode array and electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry detection. …”
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Multiresolution Models of DC Traction Power Supply Systems With Reversible Substations by Fulin Fan, Yafang Li, Smail Ziani, Brian G. Stewart

“…To increase the computation speed in the long-term energy flow simulation, a low-resolution model simplifies the rectifiers into a series connection of a diode and a controlled voltage source depicting their nonlinear output characteristics and then places a DC voltage source in parallel to form a reverse path for braking power recovery. …”
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Determination of Phthalate Plasticisers in Palm Oil Using Online Solid Phase Extraction-Liquid Chromatography (SPE-LC) by Nazarudin Ibrahim, Rozita Osman, Azmui Abdullah, Norashikin Saim

“…This system consists of two columns, C16 for the solid phase extraction (SPE) and C18 as the analytical column, and a photo diode array detector. The calibration curves were linear from 5 to 1000 μg L−1, with correlation coefficients above 0.99. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Zadoff-Chu Matrix Precoding for Visible Light Communication System with OFDM Modulation by Xinyue Guo, Yang Guo, Shuangshuang Li

“…Light-emitting diode- (LED-) based visible light communication (VLC) has become a potential candidate for next generation high-speed indoor wireless communication. …”
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Parameter Estimation of Photovoltaic Models via Cuckoo Search by Jieming Ma, T. O. Ting, Ka Lok Man, Nan Zhang, Sheng-Uei Guan, Prudence W. H. Wong

“…In this paper, a CS-based parameter estimation method is proposed to extract the parameters of single-diode models for commercial PV generators. Simulation results and experimental data show that the CS algorithm is capable of obtaining all the parameters with extremely high accuracy, depicted by a low Root-Mean-Squared-Error (RMSE) value. …”
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Clinical and Histological Comparison of Platelet-Rich Fibrin with Periodontal Dressing and Non-Eugenol Periodontal Dressing Alone on the Depigmented Gingival Epithelium by Km Sarika Gupta, Amit Wadhawan, Prashant Tyagi, Ankita Khare

“…Background: This study aims to assess and contrast the healing results, in terms of both histology and clinical appearance, after gingival depigmentation using diode laser application of the platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) membrane in contrast to non-eugenol periodontal dressing (Coe-Pak). …”
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Bisphenol and Phthalate Migration Test from Mexican Meat Packaging Using HPLC-DAD Technique by Valeria Ceballos-Luna, David Chávez-Flores, Ibiza Martínez-Serrano, Beatriz A. Rocha-Gutierrez, Myrna C. Nevárez-Rodríguez, Blanca G. Beltrán

“…The determination of these compounds was realized by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and diode array detection (DAD) at a wavelength of 254 nm. …”
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Near-Infrared All-Silicon Photodetectors by M. Casalino, G. Coppola, M. Iodice, I. Rendina, L. Sirleto

“…The former are constituted by a Fabry-Perot microcavity incorporating a Schottky diode, and their performance in terms of responsivity, free spectral range, and finesse was experimentally calculated in order to prove an enhancement in responsivity due to the cavity effect. …”
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Mitigation of Harmonics and Unbalanced Voltage Disturbance Compensation by MSVPWM Based- DVR in the Distribution Net by Haider Muhamad Husen

“…Pre-disturbance voltage compensation strategy and phase-locked-loop (PLL) based dq- space vector control are presented to improve a Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR), which restore the magnitude of voltage disturbance and displacement of phase angle to prior of voltage disturbance. 3-phase Multilevel strategy of Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (MSVPWM) based- Multilevel Diode Clamped Converter (MDCC) is proposed as switching pulse signals employed low frequency, which creates high levels of voltage and fewer harmonics in the output waveform in comparison to 2-level SVPWM based- DVR. 3-level SVPWM based- DVR under balanced and imbalanced distortion voltage disturbances included sags and swells injected appreciated quantities of voltage, thereby attained ideal sinusoidal waveform with lower Total Harmonic Distortion THD% compared to 2-level SVPWM based- DVR. …”
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A Highly Selective Analytical Method Based on Salt-Assisted Liquid-Liquid Extraction for Trace-Level Enrichment of Multiclass Pesticide Residues in Cow Milk for Quantitative Liquid... by Habtamu Bekele, Weldegebriel Yohannes, Negussie Megersa

“…In this study, a simple, inexpensive, selective, and fast salting-out assisted liquid-liquid extraction (SALLE) technique coupled with high-pressure liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) was developed for the extraction, preconcentration, and analysis of trace level seven multiclass pesticide residues in pasteurized and raw cow milk samples. …”
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Dependence of Performance of Si Nanowire Solar Cells on Geometry of the Nanowires by Firoz Khan, Seong-Ho Baek, Jae Hyun Kim

“…The minimum reflectance value achieved is ~1% for SiNWs of length of ~1.2 μm in the wavelength range of 300–1000 nm. The performance and diode parameters strongly depend on the geometry of SiNWs. …”
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Nonlinear control design of a DC microgrid based on the integral sliding mode controller by Akli Hajar, Abouobaida Hassan, Mchaouar Youssef, Fathelkhair Abdelmoghit, Oualifi Khadija

“…The proposed MG contains primarily renewable sources including photovoltaics (PV) commanded by a DC-DC boost converter additionally the wind power conversion system with a turbine wind, a permanent magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG), a three-phase diode rectifier, and ultimately a DC-DC buck-boost converter. …”
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Design of Programmable LED Based Phototherapy System by Himani Kohli, Sangeeta Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Satish Chouhan, Manan Oza

“…The paper presents the design and implementation of a portable, hand-held and programmable Light Emitting Diode (LED) based phototherapy system using embedded technology. …”
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