Analysis of circuits containing diodes

Hi,

For the past couple of weeks I've been working through a book called
"Network Analysis" by M.E. Van Valkenburg. Specifically, I've learned
how to use Mesh/Nodal Analysis and Laplace Transforms to analyze simple
circuits. I'm pretty amazed at the power of these techniques (thank
you, Mr. Heaviside), even though I still have to learn more about
differential equations and other things.

Anyway, the book doesn't cover semiconductor components, and I would
like to know how you would perform Nodal/Mesh Analysis on circuits that
contain diodes. Is it difficult to do this type of analysis? I'm
hoping to apply these techniques to a voltage doubler circuit to help
me understand how it works, but I can't really do that without knowing
how to address diodes.

Thank you very much for your help!

.

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