With the increase of the magnetic field, the current amplitude in [110] crystallographic direction increased faster than that in [1 0] crystallographic direction, despite the magnetic field-independent background current in Figure 7b. Figure 7 The magneto-photocurrents J q in (a) [110] and (b) [1 0] crystallographic directions. IWR-1 concentration The red parabolic-shape lines are fitting curves of the
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