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Semiconductor Electroluminescence and Injection Lasers

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This chapter consists of three sections. Semiconductor fundamentals are described first, followed by sections on recombination and light-emitting devices.

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Queisser, H.J. (1973). Semiconductor Electroluminescence and Injection Lasers. In: Hannay, N.B., Colombo, U. (eds) Electronic Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6890-2_2

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