Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-04-10
Nature Materials 10, 742-746 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
16 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
Scientific paper
10.1038/nmat3076
Creating temperature gradients in magnetic nanostructures has resulted in a new research direction, i.e., the combination of magneto- and thermoelectric effects. Here, we demonstrate the observation of one important effect of this class: the magneto-Seebeck effect. It is observed when a magnetic configuration changes the charge based Seebeck coefficient. In particular, the Seebeck coefficient changes during the transition from a parallel to an antiparallel magnetic configuration in a tunnel junction. In that respect, it is the analog to the tunneling magnetoresistance. The Seebeck coefficients in parallel and antiparallel configuration are in the order of the voltages known from the charge-Seebeck effect. The size and sign of the effect can be controlled by the composition of the electrodes' atomic layers adjacent to the barrier and the temperature. Experimentally, we realized 8.8 % magneto-Seebeck effect, which results from a voltage change of about -8.7 {\mu}V/K from the antiparallel to the parallel direction close to the predicted value of -12.1 {\mu}V/K.
Bachmann Michael
Czerner Michael
Ebke Daniel
Heiliger Christian
Moodera Jagadeesh S.
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