Meanings
nounphoto-Dember effect (plural photo-Dember effects)
plural photo-Dember effects
- natural sciencesThe formation of a charge dipole in the vicinity of a semiconductor surface after ultrafast photogeneration of charge carriers.
Origin
Discovered by Harry Dember (1882–1943).
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