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The electrical properties, magnetic susceptibilities, and low-temperature photoluminescence spectra of semi-insulating CdTe{Cl} single crystals grown from the melt in graphitized and nongraphitized quartz ampules were compared. The crystals contaminated with carbon were found to be inhomogeneous and contain carbon-related deep centers affecting their detector performance. The possible mechanisms of compensation and defect complexing were discussed.
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Tkachuk, P.N., Tkachuk, V.I., Tsmots', V.M. et al. Effect of Carbon Impurity on the Properties of Semi-insulating CdTe〈Cl〉 Single Crystals. Inorganic Materials 36, 1213–1216 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026673413155
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