Аннотация:Illumination of a double p-Al0.5Ga0.5As/GaAs/Al0.5Ga0.5As heterostructure by a red light emitting diode results in a negative photoconductivity that, after the diode is switched off, slowly relaxes to a positive persistent photoconductivity, characterised by an approximately 1.5 increase of the two-dimensional hole concentration. This metastable state may be explained with a model in which deep electron traps are supposed to be located above the Fermi level on the inverted heterointerface.