photomagnetoelectricadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊmaɡˌniːtəʊᵻˈlɛktrɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌmæɡˌnɛdoʊəˈlɛktrɪk/; see also magneto-electric adj. Physics.
Of, relating to, or designating an effect observed in some solids whereby illumination of a surface subjected to a magnetic field parallel to the surface gives rise to a voltage at right angles to both the direction of the field and that of the illumination.
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photomagnetoelectric1934
photoelectromagnetic1953
photomagnetic1959
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photomagnetoelectric1934
photoelectromagnetic1953
photomagnetic1959
1934 Physik. Zeitschr. der Sowjetunion 5 597 (heading) On the explanation of the photomagnetoelectric effect in semi-conductors.
1957 Science 19 July 105/3 Change of contact potential with illumination and the photomagnetoelectric effect.
1967 R. H. Bube in R. K. Willardson & A. C. Beer Semiconductors & Semimetals III. xi. 473 The photomagnetoelectric (PME) effect provides a technique for the determination of minority-carrier lifetimes.
2000 Physical Rev. B. 62 10882 The change in time after a strong laser excitation of the nonequilibrium photo-Hall effect voltage and the photomagnetoelectric effect were used to reveal the influence of In doping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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