Tuneable magnetic behaviour, electronic structure and nitrogen vacancy formation in Gd$_{x}$Sm$_{1-x}$N

The rare earth nitrides are the only series of intrinsic ferromagnetic semiconductors where the interplay of spin and unquenched orbital angular momentum provides access to a range of magnetic behaviour.

The rare earth nitrides are the only series of intrinsic ferromagnetic semiconductors where the interplay of spin and unquenched orbital angular momentum provides access to a range of magnetic behaviour. Furthermore, the magnetic properties can be finely tuned through the…