• Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produce light (or infrared radiation) by the recombination of electrons and electron holes in a semiconductor, a process called...
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    A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron...
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    An organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which...
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    diode is a light-emitting diode, which is used as electric lighting and status indicators on electronic devices. The most common function of a diode is...
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  • Phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLED) are a type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that use the principle of phosphorescence to obtain...
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    laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode in...
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    A flexible organic light-emitting diode (FOLED) is a type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) incorporating a flexible plastic substrate on which the...
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  • A light-emitting transistor or LET is a form of transistor that emits light. Higher efficiency than light-emitting diode (LED) is possible. Reported in...
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    LED lamp (redirect from LED light bulb)
    An LED lamp or LED light is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LED lamps are significantly more energy-efficient...
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    A LED display is a flat panel display that uses an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as pixels for a video display. Their brightness allows them to...
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    Blue laser (redirect from Blue laser diode)
    direct diode blue organic light emitting diodes for lasers is impractical, due to poor lifetimes(<200hrs). Zener diodes can be incorporated into the circuitry...
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    laser therapy (LLLT) is a treatment in which low-power light from lasers or light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is applied to the surface of the body. This is...
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    The vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL /ˈvɪksəl/) is a type of semiconductor laser diode with laser beam emission perpendicular from the top...
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  • Electrochemiluminescence Light-emitting diode Organic light-emitting diode Photoelectrolysis Gao, J.; Dane, J. (2003). "Planar Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical...
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  • Semiconductor diodes have multiple uses including rectification of alternating current to direct current, in the detection of radio signals, and emitting and detecting...
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  • source Organic light-emitting diode – Diode that emits light from an organic compound Polymer light-emitting diode – Diode that emits light from an organic...
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    A transient-voltage-suppression (TVS) diode, also transil, transorb or thyrector, is an electronic component used to protect electronics from voltage...
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  • Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (category Light-emitting diodes)
    TADF compounds belong to the three main light-emitting material groups used in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The first evidence of thermally...
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    Shuji Nakamura (category Light-emitting diode pioneers)
    Nobel Prize for Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources". In 2015...
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    MicroLED (category Light-emitting diodes)
    Lin, J. Y.; Jiang, H. X. (2000-01-31). "GaN microdisk light emitting diodes". Applied Physics Letters. 76 (5). AIP Publishing: 631–633. Bibcode:2000ApPhL...
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  • A superluminescent diode (SLED or SLD) is an edge-emitting semiconductor light source based on superluminescence. It combines the high power and brightness...
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    LED street light or road light is an integrated light-emitting diode (LED) light fixture that is used for street lighting. An LED street light is an integrated...
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    History of the LED (category Light-emitting diodes)
    The history of the light-emitting diode begins with the 1906 discovery of electroluminescence from a solid state diode by Henry Joseph Round. In 1927...
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    and transistors. An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) consists of a thin film of organic material that emits light under stimulation by an electric current...
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    Nick Holonyak (category Light-emitting diode pioneers)
    semiconductor laser diode that emitted visible light. This device was the forerunner of the first generation of commercial light-emitting diodes (LEDs). He was...
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    to the emission of light. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) emit light via electro-luminescence. Phosphors, materials that emit light when irradiated by higher-energy...
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    Gallium arsenide (category Light-emitting diode materials)
    circuits, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, infrared light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, solar cells and optical windows. GaAs is often used as a...
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    applied. Laser diode Light-emitting diode (LED) – a diode that emits light Photodiode – passes current in proportion to incident light Avalanche photodiode...
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  • manipulation of the emitted light's properties. These semiconductors are used in the construction of light-emitting diodes and fluorescent quantum dots...
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    device. There are four basic types of dental curing light sources: tungsten halogen, light-emitting diodes (LED), plasma arcs, and lasers. The two most common...
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