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Nonactivated LiH crystals and crystals of LiH with Mg, In, Tl, Sn, Sb, and Bi impurities are investigated. Photoconductivity is found in luminescent crystals. The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity and photoconductivity in the temperature range of 100–570 ° K is measured. Volt-ampere characteristics of the dark current and photocurrent in fields up to 104 V/cm at various temperatures are obtained. Data is presented on the inertia of the photocurrent and its dependence on the intensity of the exciting light. Conclusions are drawn concerning some connection of LiH photoconductivity with the type of activating impurity, the absence of a connection with the brightness of the luminescence, and the specific role of photoconductivity in color centers.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii Fizika, No. 10, pp. 94–98, October, 1971.
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Astaf'eva, L.V., Gavrilov, F.F., Dvinyaninov, B.L. et al. Electrical conductivity and photoconductivity of single crystals of lithium hydride. Soviet Physics Journal 14, 1385–1388 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00823884
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00823884