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Question : 11 of 19
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A p-n photodiode is fabricated from a semiconductor with band gap of 2.8 eV. Can it detect a wavelength of 6000 nm?
Solution:  
Energy of the incident photon with a band gap of 6000 nm.
E = hcλ\frac{hc}{\lambda} J = hceλ\frac{hc}{e\lambda} eV = 6.63×10−34×3×1081.6×10−19×6×10−6\frac{6.63 \times 10^{-34} \times 3 \times 10^8}{1.6 \times 10^{-19} \times 6 \times 10^{-6}} = 0.207 eV
The photodiode need an energy of 2.8 eV to give response to incident light.
As E < EgE_g, the given photodiode cannot detect the radiation of wavelength 6000 nm.
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