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Tin atoms produced by radioactive decay of 119mmSn and 119Sn impurity atoms in the structure of Ge x S1 − x and Ge x Se1 − x glasses are stabilized in the form of Sn2+ and Sn4+ ions and correspond to ionized states of the amphoteric two-electron center with negative correlation energy (Sn2+ is an ionized acceptor, and Sn4+ is an ionized donor), whereas the neutral state of the Sn3+ center appears to be unstable. 119Sn atoms produced by radioactive decay of 119mTe impurity atoms in the structure of Ge x S1 − x and Ge x Se1 − x glasses are stabilized at both chalcogen sites (they are electrically inactive) and germanium sites.
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Original Russian Text © G.A. Bordovsky, P.V. Gladkikh, M.Yu. Kozhokar, A.V. Marchenko, P.P. Seregin, E.I. Terukov, 2011, published in Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 2011, Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 1399–1404.
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Bordovsky, G.A., Gladkikh, P.V., Kozhokar, M.Y. et al. Tin impurity centers in glassy germanium chalcogenides. Semiconductors 45, 1346–1351 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782611100058
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