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Electron-beam excitation

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Researchers in Japan have used electron-beam excitation in an AlGaN/AlGaN quantum-well structure to demonstrate the emission of ultraviolet light at record-breaking efficiency, giving hope for the realization of high-power efficient semiconductor sources of deep-ultraviolet light.

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Figure 1: Maximum external quantum efficiencies of UV LEDs attained by various research groups (as compiled by Khan et al.6), including the power efficiency reported by Oto et al.

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  1. E. Fred Schubert and Jaehee Cho are in the Department of Electrical, Computer and System Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA.,

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