Abstract
ABSTRACTSpin injection from GaAs(100) to organic semiconductor copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) has been investigated experimentally with spin-resolved two-photon photoemission (SR-2PPE) spectroscopy. With SR-2PPE, the dynamics of both electron and spin relaxation have been studied with femtosecond time resolution. The spin-polarized electrons are originally generated in GaAs through optical pumping and injected into CuPc. We observed an enhancement in spin polarization at the interface after initial CuPc deposition. This demonstrates that interface spin scattering is insignificant, which is similar to our previous result of spin injection at CuPc/Co interface. The spin polarization dropped when the CuPc film became thick, an effect attributed to bulk attenuation in CuPc. The lifetime of the unoccupied orbits in CuPC was also studied with red-blue excitation of photon energy 1.56 eV and 3.12 eV, respectively. There was a strong asymmetry in the time-resolved spectra, and an unexpected long lifetime when the lower unoccupied orbital was excited. A simple explanation of this phenomenon will be discussed.
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