direct-gap semiconductor

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direct-gap semiconductor [də¦rekt ¦gap ′sem·i·kən‚dək·tər]

(solid-state physics)

A semiconductor in which the minimum of the conduction band occurs at the same wave vector as the maximum of the valence band, and recombination radiation consequently occurs with relatively large intensity.

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