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Homework Statement
What happens when a P-N Diode is placed in a magnetic field? The Magnet is 1 Tesla and the voltage is 0.7 volts.
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The Attempt at a Solution
On the internet I found that there is a Hall effect when a semiconductor is placed in a magnetic field. Is this the same for a Diode that has both a p--semiconductor and an N-semiconductor? I thought that the Hall Effect was when the magnetic field pushes the electron carriers to one side? If this is true, how can the magnetic field change the path of an electron when they can only go one way in a diode? Also, if I were to use the Hall effect, is there a way of calculating electron consentration in the P and N semiconductors?
any help is greatly apreciated!