Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A green LED has a semiconductor with a band gap of eV, and each photon that it gives out has about this energy. It carries a current of mA and the voltage across it is V. Only of the electrons that pass through the LED make a photon that leaves the LED. The rest of the energy becomes heat. Use and . Find the wavelength of the light and the number of electrons that pass through the LED each second. Then find the number of photons that leave each second and the optical power in mW. Last, find the electrical power in mW and the efficiency of the LED, which is the ratio of the optical power to the electrical power.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The wavelength. nm.
Step 2. The electrons. .
Step 3. The photons. .
Step 4. The optical power. One photon has . So mW.
Step 5. The electrical power. mW.
Step 6. The efficiency. .
Answer: nm, electrons each second, photons each second, mW, mW and .
Check. The efficiency is the product of the share of electrons that give light, , and the ratio of the photon energy to the energy that each electron gets, . . It agrees.
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