Anisotropic magneto-optical effects in one-dimensional diluted magnetic semiconductors

Anisotropic magnetic-field evolution of the valence-band states in ideal Cd1-xMnxTe quantum wire structures have been studied theoretically by using multiband effective-mass method. The heavy- and light-hole bands show significant mixing owing to both the one-dimensional quantum confinement and the p-d exchange interaction. Because of the anisotropy of the initial quantization condition determined by the one-dimensional confinement, the Zeeman diagram of the valence bands exhibits anisotropic characteristics depending on the direction of the external magnetic field. According to the magnetic-field evolution of the valence-band states, the optical transition probability shows a dramatic change in the polarization.