The behavior of photocurrents generated in the semiconductors InP:Fe,
GaAs:Cr, and undoped GaAs in optical two-wave mixing experiments as a
function of the frequency difference between the two waves is characte
rized and verified experimentally. The sign, the concentration, and th
e ratio gamma(R)/mu of the dominant charge carriers and the effective
concentration of trapping centers can be found from this dependence.