Three photodiodes D1,D2 and D3 are made of semiconductors having band gaps of 2.5 eV, 2 eV and 3 eV respectively. Which one will be able to detect of wavelength of 6000 Ao
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a
D1
b
D2
c
D3
d
None
answer is B.
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Detailed Solution
For the incident radiation to be detected by the photodiode, energy of incident radiation should be greater than the band gap.Energy of photon = E=hceλ=6.6×10−34×3×1081.6×10−19×6×10−7=2.06 eVThis is true only for D2.