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The Crystal Photo-effect and Rectifying Action in the Bulk of the Crystal

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ATTEMPTS have been made to discover how far a rectifying action is connected with the crystal photo-electric effect (Dember effect). A. and A. Joffé have already suggested1 asymmetry of the photo-electric current due to the illumination of one electrode.

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GROETZINGER, G., LICHTSCHEIN, J. The Crystal Photo-effect and Rectifying Action in the Bulk of the Crystal. Nature 138, 163–164 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138163b0

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