19. When we talk about light ,,iitt iiss ccoonnvveennttiioonnaall ttoo ssppeecciiffyy
iittss wwaavveelleennggtthh,, λλ,, iinnsstteeaadd ooff iittss ffrreeqquueennccyy..
VViissiibbllee lliigghhtt hhaass aa wwaavveelleennggtthh oonn tthhee oorrddeerr ooff
nnaannoommeetteerrss..
nm hc
l =
( )
E eV
( )
TThhuuss,, aa sseemmiiccoonndduuccttoorr wwiitthh aa 22 eeVV bbaanndd--ggaapp sshhoouulldd
ggiivvee aa lliigghhtt aatt aabboouutt 662200 nnmm ((iinn tthhee rreedd)).. AA 33 eeVV bbaanndd--
ggaapp mmaatteerriiaall wwoouulldd eemmiitt aatt 441144 nnmm,, iinn tthhee vviioolleett..
TThhee hhuummaann eeyyee,, ooff ccoouurrssee,, iiss nnoott eeqquuaallllyy rreessppoonnssiivvee
ttoo aallll ccoolloorrss..
20. Relative rreessppoonnssee ooff tthhee hhuummaann eeyyee ttoo vvaarriioouuss
ccoolloorrss
GGaaNN
ZZnnSSee
violet blue
GGaaPP::NN
PP
8866
GGaaAAss..1144
pp
6655
GGaaAAss..3355
green yellow
pp
44
GGaaAAss.6
orange red
350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750
100
10-1
10-2
10-3
10-4
RReellaattiivvee eeyyee rreessppoonnssee
Wavelength in nanometers
The materials which are used for important light emitting
diodes (LEDs) for each of the different spectral regions.
21. A number of the important LEDs are based on the GaAsP system.
GGaaAAss is a direct band-gap S/C with a band gap of 11..4422 eeVV (in the
infrared).
GGaaPP is an indirect band-gap material with a band gap of 22..2266 eeVV
(550nm, or green).
GaAs
GaP
1.42 eV