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<p>are <a href="page.php?w=transducer">transducer</a>s of electricity into light.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p><a href="page.php?w=Electroluminescence">Electroluminescence</a> from a solid state diode was discovered in 1906 by <a href="page.php?w=H._J._Round">Henry Joseph Round</a> of <a href="page.php?w=Marconi_Company">Marconi Labs</a>, and was published in February 1907 in Electrical World. Round observed that various carborundum (<a href="page.php?w=silicon_carbide">silicon carbide</a>) crystals would emit yellow, light green, orange, or blue light</p><p>
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