Photodiffusion Current Hall Effect: Transient Behavior

15 March 1955

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 97 (6) , 1471-1474
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.97.1471

Abstract

Illumination at the surface of a semiconductor sample generates a photodiffusion current, and a magnetic field applied transversely to the flow develops a Hall potential. Observation of the transient behavior shows a voltage peak preceding the steady state value. A theoretical account of this behavior is given under simplifying assumptions.

Keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD
SEMICONDUCTOR SAMPLE
BEHAVIOR
STEADY STATE
SAMPLE GENERATES
AMERICAN PHYSICAL
PEAK PRECEDING
APPLIED TRANSVERSELY
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This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Photomagnetoelectric Effect in Germanium and Silicon
Physical Review B, 1954
Photoelectromagnetic and Photodiffusion Effects in Germanium
Proceedings of the Physical Society. Section B, 1953