The electrical conductivity of semiconductor increases when electromagnetic radiation of wavelength shorter than 2800 nm is incident on it. The band gap in (eV) for the semiconductor is:
$\begin{aligned} & E_g=h v \\ & =\frac{h c}{\lambda}=\left(\frac{6.63 \times 10^{-34} \times 3 \times 10^8}{2480 \times 10^{-9} \times 1.6 \times 10^{-19}}\right) \mathrm{eV} \\ & =0.5 \mathrm{eV}\end{aligned}$