We report on the growth and optical studies of II-VI semiconductor par
abolic quantum wells made of Cd1-xMnxTe for a broad range of quantum w
ell widths and Mn molar fractions x. Photoluminescence excitation spec
tra revealed several series of peaks equidistant in energy associated
with interband optical transitions between harmonic oscillator levels.
From the analysis of the spectra the valence band offset Q(hh) = 0.44
+/- 0.1 was determined for tile CdTe/Cd1-xMnxTe system.