Author: Pattalwar, S.M.
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WEPMB057 First Results of Magnetic Field Penetration Measurements on Multilayer S-I-S Structures 2245
 
  • O.B. Malyshev, K.D. Dumbell, L. Gurran, N. Pattalwar, S.M. Pattalwar, R. Valizadeh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • A.V. Gurevich
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • L. Gurran
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • L. Gurran
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • O.B. Malyshev, S.M. Pattalwar, R. Valizadeh
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  The performance of superconducting RF cavities made of bulk Nb is limited by a breakdown field of Bp=~200 mT, close to the superheating field for Nb. A potentially promising solution to enhance the breakdown field of the SRF cavities beyond the intrinsic limits of Nb is a multilayer coating suggested in [1]. In the simplest case, such a multilayer may be a superconductor-insulator-superconductor (S-I-S) coating, for example, bulk niobium (S) coated with a thin film of insulator (I) followed by a thin layer of another superconductor (S) which could be e.g. dirty niobium [2]. Here we report the first results of our measurements of field penetration in Nb thin films and Nb-AlN-Nb multilayer samples at 4.2 K using the magnetic field penetration facility designed, built and tested in ASTeC.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPMB057  
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WEPMB056 CVD Deposition of Nb Based Materials for SRF Cavities 2241
 
  • P. Pizzol, P. Chalker, T. Heil
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • O.B. Malyshev, S.M. Pattalwar, R. Valizadeh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • G.B.G. Stenning
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  Bulk niobium cavities are widely employed in particle accelerators to create high accelerating gradient despite their high material and operation cost. Advancements in technology have taken bulk niobium close to its theoretical operational limits, pushing the research to explore novel materials, such as niobium based alloys. Nitrides of niobium offer such an alternative, exhibiting a higher Tc compared to bulk niobium. Replacing then the niobium with a material with better thermal conductivity, such as copper, coated with thin films of nitrides in a multilayer S-I-S would lead to improved performance at reduced cost. Physical vapour deposition (PVD) is currently used to produce these coatings, but it suffers from lack of conformity. This issue can be resolved by using chemical vapour deposition (CVD), which is able to produce high quality coatings over surfaces with a high aspect ratio. This project explores the use of CVD techniques to deposit NbN thin films starting from their chlorinated precursors. The samples obtained are characterized via SEM, FIB, XRD, and EDX.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPMB056  
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