Magneto-optical properties of Zn0.95Mn0.05Se/Zn0.76Be0.08Mg0.16Se quantum wells and Zn0.91Mn0.09Se/Zn0.972Be0.028Se spin superlattices

B. König, U. Zehnder, D. R. Yakovlev, W. Ossau, T. Gerhard, M. Keim, A. Waag, and G. Landwehr
Phys. Rev. B 60, 2653 – Published 15 July 1999
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Abstract

We have performed magnetoluminescence and magnetoreflectance studies on novel semimagnetic semiconductor heterostructures based on (ZnMn)Se/(ZnBeMg)Se. The successful fabrication and various optical properties of that system are demonstrated by Zn0.95Mn0.05Se/” ”Zn0.76Be0.08Mg0.16Se single quantum wells. The exciton spin splitting was used to determine the valence-band offset for (ZnMn)Se/(ZnBeMg)Se to 0.22 of the total band-gap discontinuity. Weakly confining multiple quantum wells made of Zn0.91Mn0.09Se/Zn0.972Be0.028Se demonstrate a change of the band alignment from type I to type II for one of the exciton spin components in external magnetic fields which results in the formation of a spin superlattice. This spin superlattice formation manifests itself in an asymmetric Zeeman splitting of a spatially direct exciton caused by a spin-dependent change of the exciton binding energy. A pronounced broadening of the exciton in reflectance and photoluminescence excitation spectra was observed when scattering into the (ZnBe)Se barriers becomes possible.

  • Received 22 February 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.60.2653

©1999 American Physical Society

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B. König, U. Zehnder, D. R. Yakovlev*, W. Ossau, T. Gerhard, M. Keim, A. Waag, and G. Landwehr

  • Physikalisches Institut der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

  • *Also at A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia.

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