Construction of MIM Diodes Suitable for Use in FIR Generation By Mixing Two Carbon Dioxide Laser Beams

Construction of MIM Diodes Suitable for Use in FIR Generation By Mixing Two Carbon Dioxide Laser Beams

Mohammad Abu-Taha

Physics Department, College of Science and Technology, Al-Quds Univ., Jerusalem, Palestine

Received : 00-00-0000 , Accepted : 00-00-0000

Language: English

Abstract

Metal Insulator Metal (MIM) diodes have been constructed with a tungsten whisker making contact with different post materials such as nickle, brass, carbon, stainless steel, aluminum and tungsten. The 1-V characteristics of these diodes have been studied. It was found that 2 mm section cut from a shaving blade held against a polished carbon post showed similar I-V characteristics to the previous diodes. Resistances of these diodes were found to vary between 0.1-1k The use of MIM diodes for CO2 laser mixing is briefly discussed.

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