title: Optical pump-probe detection of manganese hyperfine beats in (Cd,Mn)Te crystals.
abstract: Optical pump-probe experiments reveal spin beats of manganese ions in (Cd,Mn)Te, due to hyperfine and crystal fields. At "magic" orientations of the magnetic field, the effect of local crystal field is strongly suppressed. In this case, the spin precession of Mn(2+) embedded in the lattice approaches the precession expected for the free ion. Following optical excitation, regular spin pulses show up, revealing the one-to-one correspondence between precession frequency and Mn(2+) nuclear spin state. The period of the spin pulses accurately determines the hyperfine constant |A|=705  neV. The manganese spin coherence time up to T(2)(Mn)≃15  ns is measured for a manganese concentration x=0.0011.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS/UM2, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cronenberger
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS/UM2, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vladimirova
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS/UM2, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Andreev
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS/UM2, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France and Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the RAS, 26, Politechnicheskaya, 194021 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lifshits
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS/UM2, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalbert