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The interaction that forms the basis of a number of detectors including photography, CCDs and photodiodes. In the process a substance, usually silicon, absorbs a photon. The energy from the photon lifts an electron from the valence to the conduction band, and leaves a positive “hole” in the valance band. The name of the process thus derives from the production of an electron-hole pair.
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Kitchin, C. (2002). P. In: Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Astronomy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0175-8_16
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