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Electrical properties and the ESR of Pb1-xSnxSe single-crystal samples
(0 less-than-or-equal-to x less-than-or-equal-to 0.24), both undoped
and doped with manganese and europium, have been studied. In the trans
mission region (homegaBAR < E(g)) the laser light changes the carrier
density and mobility. It also changes the distribution of intrinsic an
d extrinsic components among lattice sites. The donor level in the ban
d gap (E(d) = -0.05 eV), which is manifested in the illuminated crysta
ls, does not depend on the type of dopant. It belongs to intrinsic def
ects.