Effect of Spin Current on Uniform Ferromagnetism: Domain Nucleation

Abstract

Large spin current applied to a uniform ferromagnet leads to a spin-wave instability as pointed out recently. In this paper, it is shown that such spin-wave instability is absent in a state containing a domain wall, which indicates that nucleation of magnetic domains occurs above a certain critical spin current. This scenario is supported also by an explicit energy comparison of the two states under spin current.

4 pages, 1 figure, REVTeX, rivised version, to appear in Physical Review Letters