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Hall Effect Figure 1

Hall Effect Figure 1
Schematic of the Hall effect in a long, thin bar of semiconductor with four ohmic contacts. The direction of the magnetic field B is along the z-axis and the sample has a finite thickness d.

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Created April 15, 2010, Updated July 19, 2022