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| TUPOTK013 | PEALD SIS Studies for SRF Cavities | 1222 |
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| Recent technological advances and material treatments have pushed Nb SRF cavities to their maximum RF performance. A novel approach for overcoming this limitation, which takes advantage of RF field only penetrates into the superconductor at a certain distance called London penetration depth, is nano-structuring multilayers with PEALD (plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition). SIS (superconductor-insulator-superconductor) multilayers provide magnetic screening of the bulk Nb cavity, increasing the field at which the vortex penetration starts, and higher quality factor. ALD is closely related to chemical vapor deposition and bases on sequential self-limit gas-solid surface reactions facilitating conformal coatings with sub-nm precision even on complex substrates such as the interior of a cavity. As a preliminary study for SIS SRF cavities, we investigated the AlN-NbTiN/NbN multilayers grown by PEALD. Different compositions, thicknesses, and post-deposition thermal treatments have been investigated. The characterization results of superconducting properties, elemental composition, crystallinity, and cross-section are shown in this contribution. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK013 | |
| About • | Received ※ 09 June 2022 — Revised ※ 14 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 27 June 2022 | |
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| TUPOTK005 | Mitigation of Parasitic Losses in the Quadrupole Resonator Enabling Direct Measurements of Low Residual Resistances of SRF Samples | 1196 |
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| The quadrupole resonator (QPR) is a dedicated sample-test cavity for the RF characterization of superconducting samples in a wide temperature, RF field and frequency range. Its main purpose are high resolution measurements of the surface resistance with direct access to the residual resistance thanks to the low frequency of the first operating quadrupole mode. Besides the well-known high resolution of the QPR, a bias of measurement data towards higher values has been observed, especially at higher harmonic quadrupole modes. Numerical studies show that this can be explained by parasitic RF losses on the adapter flange used to mount samples into the QPR. Coating several micrometer of niobium on those surfaces of the stainless steel flange that are exposed to the RF fields significantly reduced this bias, enabling a direct measurement of a residual resistance smaller than 5 nano-Ohm at 2 K and 413 MHz. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK005 | |
| About • | Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 28 June 2022 | |
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| TUPOTK010 | Nitric Acid Soaking after Imperfect Furnace Treatments | 1211 |
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| Annealings of niobium cavities in UHV or nitrogen atmospheres are crucial for the performance in the later cryogenic tests and operation. Recovery methods for imperfect annealing conditions have been discussed, and a more recent proposal, the so-called "nitric acid soak" has been studied here in detail. It shows surprising recovery potential, albeit the unclear origin of this improvement. We present our investigation on the several potential origins. For this, we used SEM, SIMS and XPS measurements of niobium samples to study the surface morphology and contaminations. We can reject the favored hypothesis on the origin of the improvement, and propose an alternative origin. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK010 | |
| About • | Received ※ 10 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 18 June 2022 | |
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| TUPOTK012 | Nitrogen Infusion Sample R&D at DESY | 1219 |
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Funding: This work was supported by the Helmholtz Association within the topic Accelerator Research and Development (ARD) of the Matter and Technologies (MT) Program. Many accelerator projects such as the ILC would benefit from cavities with reduced surface resistance (high Q-values) while maintaining a high accelerating gradient. A possible way to meet the requirements is the so-called nitrogen-infusion procedure on Niobium cavities. However, a fundamental understanding and a theoretical model of this method are still missing. One important parameter is the residual resistance ratio (RRR) which is related to the impurity content of the material. We report the investigated RRR on samples in a wide temperature range in a vacuum and under a nitrogen atmosphere. This comparison made it possible to make statements about the differences in the concentration of nitrogen by varying the temperature. The samples are pure cavity-grade niobium and treated in the same manner as cavities. For this purpose, a small furnace dedicated to sample treatment was set up to change and explore the parameter space of the infusion recipe. Care was taken to achieve the highest level of purity possible in the furnace and in a pressure range of 1.0·10-8 mbar in order to meet the high requirements of nitrogen infusion. |
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| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK012 | |
| About • | Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 14 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 01 July 2022 | |
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