Resonant photovoltaic effect in an inversion layer at the surface of a semiconductor
Gusev G. M. , Kvon Z. D. , Magarill L. I. , Palkin A. M. , Sozinov V. I. , Shegai O. A. , Entin M. V.
The resonant photovoltaic effect, which occurs at the silicon surface as a result of excitation of the optical transitions between the size-quantization levels in the inversion layer, has been detected. This effect is attributable to the absence of an inversion center in this system.