MOBA07
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Interstitial diffusion of atomic species into the surface of niobium has been found to yield significantly reduced srf surface resistance and lowered quench fields. This talk summarizes systematic efforts to explore the trade-offs of these phenomena with a goal of learning how to maximize Q0 in the 30 MV/m regime. The talk also summarizes N-doped cavity progress at JLab for LCLS-II.
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Superconducting radio-frequency cavities made of ingot niobium with residual resistivity ratio (RRR) greater than 250 have proven to have similar or better performance than fine-grain Nb cavities of the same purity, after standard processing. The high purity requirement contributes to the high cost of the material. As superconducting accelerators operating in continuous-wave typically require cavities to operate at moderate accelerating gradients, using lower purity material could be advantageous not only to reduce cost but also to achieve higher Q0-values, because of the well-known dependence of the BCS-surface resistance on mean free path. In this contribution we present the results from cryogenic RF tests of 1.3-1.5 GHz single-cell cavities made of ingot Nb of medium (RRR=100-150) and low (RRR=60) purity from different suppliers. Cavities made of medium-purity ingots routinely achieved peak surface magnetic field values greater than 70 mT with Q0-values above 1.5·1010 at 2 K. The performance of cavities made of low-purity ingots were affected by significant pitting of the surface after chemical etching.
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
The thermal impedance of niobium plays an important role in the stability of the superconducting radio frequency cavities used in particle accelerators. During the operation of SRF cavities, the RF power dissipated on the inner surface of the cavities and the heat transport to the helium bath depend on the thermal conductivity of niobium and the Kapitza conductance of the interface between the niobium and superfluid helium. Here, we present the results of measurements done on samples as well as on SRF cavities made of both ingot and fine-grain Nb to explore the effect of the surface preparation and crystal structure on the thermal impedance.
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
We present a study on two parallel-path SRF cavities (one large grain and one fine grain, 1.3 GHz) which seeks to explain the correlation between the amount of nitrogen on the inner surface of a “nitrogen doped” SRF cavity and the change in the temperature dependant (packaged into term BCS) RF losses. For each doping/EP, the cavities were tested at multiple temperatures (2.0 K to 1.5 K in 0.1 K steps) to create a Q0 vs. Eacc vs. T matrix which then could be used to extract temperature dependant and independent components. After each test, the cavities were thermally cycled to 120 K and then re-cooled and retested to assess if evidence of hydrogen migration might appear even at a small level. In addition, TD-5 was also tested at fixed low field (Q0 vs. T) to fit standard BCS theory. In parallel, SIMS data was taken on like-treated samples to correlate the amount of nitrogen within the RF surface to the change in the temperature dependant fitting parameter “A”.**
[**] H.Tian et al., contributed to SRF2015.
ASC, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
NHMFL, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Nitrogen-doped cavities show significant performance improvement in the medium accelerating field regime due to a lowered RF surface resistivity. However, the mechanism of enhancement has not been clearly explained. Our experiments explore how N2-doping influences Nb bulk and surface superconducting properties, and compare the N2-doped properties with those obtained previously with conventionally treated samples. High purity Nb-rod was mechanically deformed and post treated based on a typical SRF cavity treatment recipe. The onset of flux penetration at Hc1, and the upper and the surface critical fields, Hc2 and Hc3, were characterized by magnetic hysteresis and AC susceptibility techniques. The surface depth profile responsible for superconductivity was examined by changing AC amplitude in AC susceptibility, and the microstructure was directly observed with EBSD-OIM. We are also investigating surface chemistry for detailed composition using XPS. We have found that N2-doping at 800 °C significantly reduces the Hc3/Hc2 ratio towards the ideal value of ~1.7, and conclude that AC susceptibility is capable of following changes to the surface properties induced by N2-doping.
RadiaBeam, Marina del Rey, California, USA
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
University of Texas El Paso, W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation, El Paso, Texas, USA