An Overview of Optoelectronic Devices
Light-emitting optoelectronic devices are most commonly used in illumination, where LEDs have rapidly outstripped the capabilities of all prior technologies: incandescent, fluorescent, and halogen lights, etc. Their potential downstream applications are extremely varied with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) light-emitting optoelectronic devices serving markets as varied as the aerospace, medical, automotive, and military sectors.
Optoelectronic devices used for light detection operate on the inverse principle of LEDs and other optical diodes; converting electromagnetic energy into amperes or volts. The most commercially-recognizable of these are solar cells, which exploit the photovoltaic effect of semiconductor materials to absorb sunlight and generate power.
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