Relatives arrived Sunday morning. There has not been much time to spend on the diode research since Saturday.
The new diode testing setup will consist of a lot of unique individual *new* diodes. When complete, I will periodically measure the DC voltage produced by each diode. Each diode will be measured individually.
A few days ago I purchased 1 lb. fishing line, which will be used instead of the waxed dental floss. The 1 lb. line is considerably thinner measured at 4.5 mils diameter.
I'm still shopping for the new diodes that will be tested in the new setup. One of the diodes will probably be a new laser diode, possibly an OPTEK OPV380, 1.5mW, 850nm. Although Charles M. Brown's THz diode is not new, I will still test it.
The goal of the new setup is to find an exact testing setup, including diode part number, that a notable scientists could replicate with a high probability of success. This means I must repeat the entire process as the notable scientist would do. When complete, I will provide the notable scientist the exact part numbers of everything (diode, metal shields, electrometer, etc.) and where such parts were purchased. So, I will be purchasing a lot of new diodes from an online store such as Digikey.com.
It's still unknown how long it takes for high Rz diodes to recover, which is why some of the new tested diodes will not be LEDs and photodiodes.
Here's an outline of each step in achieving the goal -->
The end goal is to find a specific new diode that has a high probability of succeeding; i.e., quickly recovering, and producing an appreciable DC voltage.
Created on 2009-06-25 14:46:56 by EnergyMover