  We report on the optical spectroscopy of the spin of two Co atoms in a
quantum dot and interacting with a single exciton. The spectrum of quantum dots
containing two Co atoms are exchange interaction and by the strain at the
location of the magnetic atoms. A wide range of spectrum can be obtained
depending on the relative coupling of each atom to the confined exciton. We
obtained a comprehensive interpretation of the experimental data with a spin
Hamiltonian model. We show that the two Co atoms spins can be orientated by the
injection of spin polarized carriers at zero magnetic field. This induces a
correlation between the two spins that is observed in the intensity
distribution of the emission spectra. The optical absorption in the phonon
sideband of quantum dots doped with two Co reveals resonant absorptions which
strongly depend on a transverse magnetic field. We show that these
characteristic absorptions result from an interplay between the mixing of Co
spin states induced by the presence of in-plane strain anisotropy at the
magnetic atoms location and the transverse field.
