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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Semiconductors

The energy of a photon in a monochromatic light of wavelength \(621 \mathrm{~nm}\) matches with the band gap of a semiconducting material. Then the minimum energy required to create an electron-hole pair from the semiconductor is
[Take hc \(=1242 \mathrm{eV}-\mathrm{nm}\), where h is Planck's constant and \(\mathrm{c}\) is speed of light in vacuum]

  1. A \(3.4 \mathrm{eV}\)
  2. B \(1.7 \mathrm{eV}\)
  3. C \(2 \mathrm{eV}\)
  4. D \(2.2 \mathrm{eV}\)
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(C) \(2 \mathrm{eV}\)

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Minimum energy required \(=\frac{1242}{621} \mathrm{eV}=2 \mathrm{eV}\)
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