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photogating

photogating noun: gating controlled by light.

Noun

photogating

  1. gating controlled by light
    • Furthermore, due to the strong photogating effect, these direct-band gap, multi-layer phototransistors produce ultra-high gains of (9.8 +- 2.5) x 10^4 A/W and inferred detectivities of (3.3 +- 0.8) x 10^13 Jones, putting In2Se3 amongst the most sensitive 2D materials for photodetection studied to...2015, Joshua O. Island, Sofya I. Blanter, Michele Buscema, Herre S.J. van der Zant, Andres Castellanos-Gomez, “Gate controlled photocurrent generation mechanisms in high-gain In2Se3...

Origin of photogating

From photo- + gating.

Questions about photogating

What does photogating mean?
Photogating means gating controlled by light.
What part of speech is photogating?
Photogating is a noun.

Words near photogating in the dictionary

  1. photoganda
  2. photogastroscope
  3. photogastroscopes
  4. photogate
  5. photogates
  6. photogating
  7. photogelatin
  8. photogen
  9. photogene
  10. photogenerated
  11. photogeneration

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