An electroluminescent device in which the intensity of the light emission is enhanced by photopumping with radiation from a radiation source of a suitable photon energy. The photopumping radiation from the radiation source interacts with the wide band-gap semiconductor forming the electroluminescent device so as to, when the device is electrically biased to provide light emission, generate additional carriers that enhance the intensity of the light emission from a light-emitting element present in the wide band-gap semiconductor. A waveguide structure may be integrated into a substrate carrying the electroluminescent device for transferring the radiation from the radiation source to the electroluminescent device. Multiple electroluminescent devices may be arranged in pixels for forming a flat panel display in which certain of the devices are photopumped with radiation.