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The Fizzz of Stimulated Emission
Let's consider our electrons in an excited state in the conduction band.

Let's suppose that we send photons:

  • these photons stimulate the electrons in the conduction band

  • the electrons fall back into the valence band

    • Photons emitted by stimulated emission have the same energy as the incident photons and are in step with each other: this type of light is called coherent light.

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