Term: stimulated radiative charge carrier recombination
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08876

Definition:
Radiative charge carrier recombination induced by incident photons of appropriate wavelength, which synchronize emission of other photons as to their wavelength, phase, polarization and direction of travel.

Note: If this process takes place in a system with a high population of excited states, it leads to stimulated emission, the principle of the function of lasers.

Link: 
Related Term: radiative charge carrier recombination (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08864).

Source: PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 49 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

Citation: 'stimulated radiative charge carrier recombination' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08876

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