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Which mechanism causes diminished photoconductivity when doped semiconductors reach high impurity concentrations?

A)Coulomb blockade impeding carrier flow
B)Anderson localization decreasing band mobility
C)Debye screening increasing carrier attraction
D)Franz-Keldysh effect broadening spectrum

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Anderson localization reduces the mean free path and electron mobility as disorder increases in the semiconductor band structure; because high doping introduces such disorder, the additional charge carriers contribute less to photoconductivity, therefore reducing overall response rather than enhancing it.

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