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VOLUME 40 (1984) | ISSUE 9 | PAGE 374
Photoinduced current in a low-density gas
A new photovoltaic effect is predicted: the appearance of an electric current in a low-density gas as this gas interacts resonantly with electromagnetic radiation. Corresponding experiments reveal a current when sodium vapor is illuminated with the beam from a dye laser. This photoinduced current might be developed into a new method of intra-Doppler spectroscopy.