Optically detected magnetic resonance of Mn-related excitations in (Cd,Mn)Te quantum wells

Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) was applied to reveal the exchange interaction effects between Mn2+ ions and confined holes in (Cd,Mn)Te quantum wells with 2D hole gas. Two anisotropic ODMR signals with different angular variations were found and ascribed to isolated manganese ions and to exchange-coupled complexes consisting of manganese and holes. It is shown that calculations on the basis of spin Hamiltonian for these systems are in agreement with the experimental data.