Nope! In very rare cases it can generate multiple electron hole pairs the photon if it has enough energy to do that. Almost all of the time however it will generate a phonon (aka heat) rather than a photon with the extra energy. A phonon is a wave in matter rather than electromagnetism (photon).
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Nope! In very rare cases it can generate multiple electron hole pairs the photon if it has enough energy to do that. Almost all of the time however it will generate a phonon (aka heat) rather than a photon with the extra energy. A phonon is a wave in matter rather than electromagnetism (photon).