Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance of Excess Electrons in CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te Quantum Wells

The spin resonance of excess electrons is observed with the detection either on the neutral or the negatively charged exciton X$\text{}^{-}$ emission in type I CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te quantum wells with excess electrons of low density. It is found that the electron spin-dependent and electron spin-conserving formation and recombination of X$\text{}^{-}$ make the optical detection of the spin resonance of excess electrons feasible. For the first time, optically detected magnetic resonance is used to study fast optical transition processes in the nanosecond timescale where the microwave-induced magnetic transition rate is much lower than the optical transition rate.