Space Charge Expansion for Time-resolved Spin-Polarized Electron Spectroscopy

Time resolved spin-polarized electron photoemission spectra are investigated as a function of excitation pulse energy for the heterostructures with a single strained layer and with a strained-well superlattice. At an average current exceeding 10 nA the emission pulse profiles are modified by the space charge pulse expansion during the electron transport to detector. The pulse expansion enables the separation of electrons that have spent minimum time in the sample. For the superlattice structure these electrons showed maximum polarization above 90 %. Variation in the pulse profiles for the two structures is interpreted as resulting from the difference in the effective NEA values.