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← ScienceWhich risk increases in a semiconductor laser when temperature rises?
A)Reduced population inversion efficiency✓
B)Enhanced spontaneous emission rate
C)Increased electron-hole collision frequency
D)Narrowing of the optical gain bandwidth
💡 Explanation
Reduced population inversion follows from increased temperature: the Fermi distribution broadens; carrier energy distributions overlap; this reduces the number of electrons in the required upper energy band. Therefore, population inversion decreases, rather than increase, because thermal effects dominate.
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