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...and drop to a state of lower energy. Part of the released energy is emitted as a photon. The colour of light given off depends on the crystal material used. Green LED’s, for example, are made of gallium phosphide treated with nitrogen. LED’s do not produce enough light for illumination, but are used for indicators. Segmented LED’s provide the digital displays on many electronic devices.
in electricity: Electroluminescence )...ultimately drop into holes in the valence band and release energy equal to the energy gap of the material. In most cases, this energy Eg is dissipated as heat, but in gallium phosphide and especially in gallium arsenide, an appreciable fraction appears as radiation, the frequency ν of which satisfies the relation hν = Eg. In...
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