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Light Generation by Semiconductors

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Semiconductor Physics

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Electroluminescent devices emit incoherent visible or infrared light with typical linewidths of about 10 nm while the coherent radiation emitted by the semiconductor laser may have a linewidth as low as 10-2 nm. These devices, together with photovoltaic diodes and solar cells (Sects. 5.8, 9, Chap. 12), are called optoelectronic devices. While the former convert electrical energy into optical radiation, the latter do the inverse process. In this chapter we will consider light-emitting diodes (LED) and diode lasers [13.1].

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Seeger, K. (1991). Light Generation by Semiconductors. In: Semiconductor Physics. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02663-2_13

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