Abstract:
The results of an experimental study of charge-carrier heating by an electric field $\mathbf E$ in pure $n$- and $p$-type germanium samples in a quantizing magnetic field ($\mathbf H$), at $\mathbf E\perp\mathbf H$ and under carrier photoexcitation conditions, are considered in detail. The results obtained are in qualitative agreement with the predictions of the theory of charge-carrier capture in crossed electric and magnetic fields.