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Wavelength of light from a band gap (LED, photodiode), or the band gap from a wavelength

This type of question, asked 5 times: 2021 Paper 25, 25 Jul 2022, 1 Feb 2024, 6 Apr 2024, 9 Apr 2024. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 25

    7
    LED is constructed from Ga-As-P semiconducting material. The energy gap of this LED is 1.9eV1.9eV. Calculate the wavelength of light emitted and its colour. [h=6.63×10−34Js\left\lbrack h = 6.63 \times10^{- 34}Js \right. and  c=3×108 ms−1]\left. \ c = 3 \times10^{8}{\text{ }ms}^{- 1} \right\rbrack

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  2. Question 2

    25 Jul 2022

    29
    The energy band gap of semiconducting material to produce violet (wavelength =4000Å= 4000\text{Å} ) LED is ____\_\_\_\_ eVeV. (Round off to the nearest integer).
  3. Question 3

    1 Feb 2024

    96
    Conductivity of a photodiode starts changing only if the wavelength of incident light is less than 660 nm660\text{ }nm. The band gap of photodiode is found to be (X8)eV\left( \frac{X}{8} \right)eV. The value of XX is : (Given, h=6.6×10−34Js,e=1.6×10−19Ch = 6.6 \times10^{- 34}Js,e = 1.6 \times10^{- 19}C )

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  4. Question 4

    6 Apr 2024

    96
    The acceptor level of a p-type semiconductor is 6eV6eV. The maximum wavelength of light which can create a hole would be: Given hc=1242eVnmhc = 1242eVnm.

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  5. Question 5

    9 Apr 2024

    5
    A light emitting diode (LED) is fabricated using GaAs semiconducting material whose band gap is 1.42eV1.42eV. The wavelength of light emitted from the LED is:

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