Abstract

We use time-resolved two-color Kerr microscopy to study low-temperature electron spin diffusion in bulk GaAs with high spatial and temporal resolution. This method enables direct real-space imaging of the advancing spread of an optically excited electron spin packet by spin diffusion. We observe a high initial expansion rate of the spin packet, which is strongly reduced with increasing time. Comparison with continuous-wave Kerr spectroscopy demonstrates that this decrease is caused by the influence of the transient cooling of hot photocarriers on the electron spin diffusion coefficient.

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