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Electricity-to-Light Conversion

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The radiometric quantities are derived from the radiant flux (power) Φe (or usually simply Φ) that is the total power (energy per time) emitted by a source, measured inWatts. The radiant intensity Ie is the radiant flux emitted by a point source into a solid angle,1 measured in Watts per steradian (or W/sr). The irradiance Ee is the radiant flux per area incident on a given plane, measured in W/m2. The radiance Le is the radiant flux per area and solid angle as, e.g., emitted by an extended source, measured in W/(m2 sr).

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Grundmann, M. (2010). Electricity-to-Light Conversion. In: The Physics of Semiconductors. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13884-3_22

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