Reflectivity and Faraday rotation measurements were carried out on Cd_{1-x}Mn_{x}Te bulk crystals in the complete zinc-blende range of composition 0 < x ≤ 0.71. From a comparison of the results of these two experiments for samples with x ≤ 0.3, we demonstrate that the Faraday angle Θ, measured in limited spectral range, is proportional to the energy splitting of exciton states ΔE, measured at the same temperature (2 K) and magnetic field B (up to 5 T). The determined proportionality constant was used to calculate ΔE values also for x > 0.3. This allowed us to find an empirical description of ΔE values for the whole range of compositions as a function of B and x.
Magnetoreflectance from GaAs:Mn was measured in the free exciton range for B ≤ 5 T and T = 2.0 K. Combining optical results with magnetization data the value for the exchange parameter N_{0}α-N_{0}β =-(2.3 ± 0.6) eV was obtained. Assuming that N_{0}α ≈ +0.2 eV, the ferromagnetic p-d exchange interaction was found with the magnitude N_{0}β ≈ +2.5 eV.
Magnetoreflectance of free exciton and magnetization in Zn_{1-x}Mn_{x}Se (0.0007 < x < 0.12) were measured. The evaluated proportionality factor between the exciton splitting and the magnetization showed a strong concentration dependence. This effect cannot be explained within the mean field approximation and the virtual crystal approximation and it was described within the model including chemical and magnetic disorder.
The temperature dependence of the energy gap of MBE grown Cd_{1-x}Mn_{x}Te (0.6 < x ≤ 1.0) was measured for 2 K ≤ T ≤ 200 K and B ≤ 5 T. The results are interpreted in the frames of the model predicting that the exchange contribution to the band edge shift is proportional to the product of the magnetic susceptibility and the temperature.
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