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Enhancing the Light Output of Solid-State Emitters

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This section addresses some of the key concepts in solid state physics that are important to understand when considering the light emission of a semiconductor.

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Woodhead, C. (2018). Background and Theory. In: Enhancing the Light Output of Solid-State Emitters. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95013-6_2

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