The technique of Brillouin light scattering has been used to observe the ex
citation of spin waves by a microwave current injected through point contac
ts in trilayers of Fe/Cr/Fe at room temperature. The observations provide s
trong evidence that in some situations the field due to electronic spin inj
ection dominates the excitation process. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All
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