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What does photoconductivity mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) The increase in the electrical conductivity of a material as a result of incident electromagnetic radiation.
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But nothing quite worked until Chester Carlson came up with a process based on electrostatic charges and photoconductivity.
We at the David Sarnoff RCA Laboratories were blessed by working with Albert Rose, who has been called the father of photoconductivity.
While many doubted that Carlson's process, based on electrostatic charges and photoconductivity, could really work consistently, he remained steadfast.
MicroMap aims to develop a commercial instrument for the contact-free characterization of the high frequency photoconductivity of materials.
The solar energy sector has, for example, discovered that its relatively high level of photoconductivity makes it suitable as a material in photovoltaics.

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