Minority carriers (holes) are injected into a homogeneous n-type semiconductor sample at one point. An electric field of 50 V/cm is applied across the sample, and the field moves these minority carriers a distance of 1.2 cm in 100 µs. The diffusivity of the minority

Minority carriers (holes) are injected into a homogeneous n-type semiconductor sample at one point. An electric field of 50 V/cm is applied across the sample, and the field moves these minority carriers a distance of 1.2 cm in 100 µs. The diffusivity of the minority

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