Thermoelectric effects in microstructured permalloy (Py) / gold (Au) wires are investigated using spatially and time-resolved measurements based on scanning focused laser heating. Supported by numerical simulations of the temperature distribution, we identify two major contributions to the laser-induced signals: (i) the Seebeck effect due to thermocouples of Py/Au and (ii) the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) in Py with a coefficient of NANE 0:5 V/K. ANE-based magnetic imaging of magnetic domains and magnetization reversal is demonstrated with a lateral resolution on the m-scale.
Jean-Philippe Ansermet, Haiming Yu, Simon Granville, Junfeng Hu, Yao Zhang, Song Liu
Andras Kis, Guilherme Migliato Marega, Zhe Sun, Gabriele Pasquale