exciton

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In an exciton, the electron and the hole are bound together by an electric attraction-known as the Coulomb force - in a fashion very similar to that of an electron and a positron in a hydrogen atom.

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  1. noun An electrically neutral excited state of an insulator or semiconductor, often regarded as a bound state of an electron and a hole.

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