A correlation between the surface morphology of slant-angle deposited films and the magnitude of the transverse thermoelectric voltage has been observed. This finding has been mainly responsible for the fabrication of optical detectors with responsivities greatly enhanced over those previously reported, extending to 10.6 μ and into the cw range.
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Gutfeld et al. (1974) studied this question.