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Using current-voltage measurements at varied temperature, incident light intensity, and illumination wavelength, we have determined the energy level spectrum of a multiply charged cluster of manganese atoms in silicon. The results demonstrate that such clusters produce a whole spectrum of energy levels in the interval ΔE = 0.2–0.46 eV from the valence band top. The energy levels in this interval are distributed exponentially.
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Original Russian Text © M.K. Bakhadyrkhanov, S.B. Isamov, N.F. Zikrillaev, 2014, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 353–357.
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Bakhadyrkhanov, M.K., Isamov, S.B. & Zikrillaev, N.F. Current-voltage behavior of silicon containing nanoclusters of manganese atoms. Inorg Mater 50, 325–329 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168514040025
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