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Photovoltaics Continued: Chapter 1410 March 2014
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Photon Emission in Semiconductor
EF
EC
EV
Conduction band
Valence band
Photon
Eg
When an electron meets a hole, it falls into a lower energy level, and releases energy in the form of a photon.
The wavelength of the light depends on the band gap of the semiconductor material
Semiconductor materials: Si, Ge, GaAs, InGaAs, AlGaAs, InP, SiGe, etc
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Laser Diodes
Lasers (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission)
Photon emission processes:
Absorption Photodetectors
Spontaneous emission LEDs
Stimulated emission Lasers
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Laser Cavity Design
GaAs N+
GaAs P+
CurrentTotal reflector Partial reflector
Electrodes
Laser cavity design:• Laser medium is similar to LEDs, • Extra components a in laser cavity are
the mirrors at two facing planes (facets) for lasing mode selection.
• The laser light is monochromatic and coherent due to the mode selection in the cavity design
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Semiconductor Quantum Wells (QWs)
• A narrow gap semiconductor is sandwiched between layers of a wide band gap semiconductor
• Quantum confinement takes place when the well thickness is comparable to De Broglie wavelength of the particle
• Electron movement is confined in the quantum well growth direction
• Examples: GaAs/AlAs, InGaAs/AlInAs.
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Application of QWs — Diode Laser
Disadvantages:
• Emission wavelength depends on material
• Very difficult to generate more than one color per laser
• Difficult to generate long wavelength, i.e., colors in the mid- to far- infrared region
n-AlGaAs
GaAs
p-AlGaAs
Electrode
+V
Conduction band
Valence bandBand gap
ElectrodeLight Light
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Semiconductor Materials vs. LED Color
General Brightness
GaP GaN GaAs GaAIAs --
Green, Red Blue Red, Infrared Red, Infrared --
Super Brightness
GaAIAs GaAsP GaN InGaN GaP
Red Red, Yellow Blue Green Green
Ultra Brightness
GaAIAs InGaAIP GaN InGaN --
Red Red, Yellow, Orange Blue Green --
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