Theory of magnetodynamics induced by spin torque in perpendicularly magnetized thin films.
A nonlinear model of spin-wave excitation using a point contact in a thin ferromagnetic film is introduced. Large-amplitude magnetic solitary waves are computed, which help explain recent spin-torque experiments. Numerical simulations of the fully nonlinear model predict excitation frequencies in excess of 0.2 THz for contact diameters smaller than 6 nm. Simulations also predict a saturation and redshift of the frequency at currents large enough to invert the magnetization under the point contact. The theory is approximated by a cubic complex Ginzburg-Landau type equation. The mode's nonlinear frequency shift is found by use of perturbation techniques, whose results agree with those of direct numerical simulations.
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309-0526, USA. hoefer@colorado.edu
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Hoefer
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Ablowitz
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Ilan
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Pufall
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Silva