Exciton Dynamics in ZnTe Based Semimagnetic Semiconductors and CdMnTe Quantum Wells

Inelastic scattering of excitons on LO phonons in ZnTe based bulk semimagnetic semiconductors with low concentration of paramagnetic ions (Mn$\text{}^{2+}$, Fe$\text{}^{2+}$ and Cr$\text{}^{2+}$) was studied. A polarization degree of the LO phonon Raman lines was measured as a function of the exciton splitting in a magnetic field, and allowed us to determine the polarization lifetime (polariton flight time). A similar method was used to investigate multiple Mn$\text{}^{2+}$ spin-flip scattering in CdMnTe quantum well. The cascade model seems to be not adequate to interpret the dependence of the polarization degree on the order of scattering.