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A study is reported of the conductivity of CdF2 semiconductor crystals doped by indium and gallium donor impurities and residing in a semi-isolated state. The latter results from self-compensation of the impurities, in the course of which one half of them creates two-electron DX centers, and the second is ionized. Photo-and thermostimulated depolarization of these crystals has been studied. It was shown that the observed polarization/depolarization phenomena have a nonlocal nature and are due to the charges present in these crystals changing their positions. These changes may be formally considered as charge displacement to macroscopic distances considerably in excess of the interatomic ones. The mechanisms responsible for these phenomena are discussed.
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Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1575–1581 (September 1999)
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Shcheulin, A.S., Kupchikov, A.K. & Ryskin, A.I. Thermo-and photostimulated depolarization in self-compensated CdF2:Ga and CdF2:In crystals. Phys. Solid State 41, 1444–1449 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1131028
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