- n-doped Eu chalcogenides:
Eu-rich EuO, (Eu,Gd)O, (Eu,Gd)S, …
oxygen vacancy: double donor (missing O fails to bind two electrons)
Gd3+ substituted for Eu2+: single donor
The systems are not diluted: every cation is magnetic
Electrons increase Tc to ~150 K (Shafer and McGuire, 1968)
Mechanism: carrier-mediated, see Lecture 3
Electrons lead to metal-insulator transition close toTc: