We have carried out ac conductivity measurements on different alkali tellurite and silver halide containing
glasses exhibiting high electronic polarizabilities. The analysis of the conductivity spectra provides strong
evidence that the ionic site energy distributions in these glasses are distinct from those in conventional glasses
with low electronic polarizabilities, such as silicate, borate, and phosphate glasses. Our results can be explained
by postulating a vacancy-type transport mechanism, i.e., by assuming that a high electronic polarizabilty of
the glassy network leads to a small and temperature-dependent ratio of empty ionic sites to mobile ions.
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