In a gallium arsenide semiconductor laser, which outcome limits photon emission wavelength?

💡 Explanation

The stimulated emission requires photons exceeding the crystal’s energy band gap; because photons with less energy cannot excite electrons, population inversion fails. Therefore, the band gap limits laser’s maximum effective emission wavelength, rather than minority carrier recombination effects.

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