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Electrical properties of gallium-doped n-Pb1−x SnxTe alloys (x=0.09−0.21) are studied. Ahomalous temperature dependences of the Hall coefficient which indicate the Fermi level pinning by a resonant gallium level in the conduction band were detected. The dependences of the electron concentration and Fermi energy on the alloy composition and temperature are calculated from experimental data in terms of the two-band Kane dispersion relation. It is shown that the gallium resonant level position relative to the valence band top is almost independent of the matrix composition. The dependence of the thermal coefficient of the resonant level shift with respect to the midgap on the alloy composition is obtained.
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Original Russian Text © E.P. Skipetrov, E.A. Zvereva, N.N. Dmitriev, A.V. Golubev, V.E. Slynko, 2006, published in Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 2006, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 922–926.
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Skipetrov, E.P., Zvereva, E.A., Dmitriev, N.N. et al. Stabilization of the fermi level by a resonant gallium level in Pb1−x SnxTe alloys. Semiconductors 40, 893–897 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782606080069
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