Spectroscopy of polarized luminescence of nanostructures

The effect of different distortions arising in nanostructures and of external fields on polarization of radiation has been studied. Occurrence of linear polarization of photoluminescence in a magnetic field applied in the plane of a structure containing a CdTe/CdMnTe quantum well has been considered. The influence of a magnetic field on the effects of optical orientation and optical alignment of excitons and trions in self-assembled CdSe/ZnSe quantum dots has been investigated. Analysis of the experimental data reveals low symmetry of the structures studied. It is shown that the distribution of the anisotropy axes in the plane of nanostructures is nearly random.