light emission via inelastic tunneling

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light emission via inelastic tunneling [¦līt i‚mish·ən ‚vē·ə ¦in·ə‚las·tik ′tən·əl·iŋ]

(electronics)

A process in which electrons tunneling through a thin insulating layer separating two metals excite surface plasmons which then scatter from surface and structural discontinuities, radiating visible light. Abbreviated LEIT.

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