光电子学(英语)第二章.pptVIP

Light Radiation by a Semiconductor Energy-band diagram 1. The value of Eg determines the conductive (resistive) properties of the material. Good conductors have no gap between the valence and conduction bands, good insulators have a big energy gap, and semiconductors have a gap somewhere in between.2. If an excited electron falls from a conduction band to a valence band, it releases a photon whose energy, is equal to or greater than the energy gap since not just one but many energy levels at the conduction and valence bands.3. To make a semiconductor radiate, it is necessary to excite a si