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Photoconductivity
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choice in television recording. The vidicon tube is a photoconductive
detector that has been designed using a variety of photoconducting
materials including silicon, lead oxide, and antimony.
In conclusion, photoconductors are not “better” than photodiodes,
but they are far more versatile.
Bibliography
Albert Rose, Concepts in Photoconductivity and Allied Problems, New York,
Wiley, 1963.
R. E. Simon (Ed.), RCA Electro-optics Handbook, RCA Commercial Engineer-
ing, 1974. RCA is now a trademark of Thomson Multimedia, but in the
past, RCA made many fundamental contributions to the development of
television, including photoconducting television tubes. This book is a gold
mine of information.
R. K. Willardson and A. C. Beer (Eds.), Semiconductors and Semimetals, Vol-
ume 5, Infrared Detectors, New York, Academic Press, 1970.
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