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Three photodiodes D1, D2 and D3 are made of semiconductors having band gaps of 2.5eV, 2eV and 3eV, respectively. How many photodiodes will not be able to detect light of wavelength of 6000A0 ?

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Detailed Solution

Energy of incident photon, E=hcλ=124006000eV=2.06eV

For the incident radiation to be detected by the photodiode, energy of incident radiation photon should be greater than the band gap. This is true only for D2. Therefore, only D2 will detect this radiation. 

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