Definitions for "Spontaneous Emission"
the emission of photons through the random de-excitation of excited atoms
This occurs when there are too many electrons in the conduction band of a semiconductor. These electrons drop spontaneously into vacant locations in the valence band, a photon being emitted for each electron. The emitted light is incoherent.
Decay of an excited atom to a ground or resting state by the random emission of one photon. The decay is determined by the lifetime of the excited state.