SRF2017 - List of Authors (Porter, R.D.)

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WEXA01	High Performance Nb3Sn Cavities	667
	D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA T. Arias, P. Cueva, D. Liarte, D.A. Muller, J.P. Sethna, N. Sitaraman Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
	In recent years, 1.3 GHz single-cell cavities coated with Nb3Sn at Cornell University have repeatedly demonstrated quality factors of >10¹⁰ at 4.2 K and >15 MV/m. Ongoing research is currently focussed on the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that limit the quality factor and quench field in these cavities. New single-cell cavities have been commissioned to enable further exploration of the coating parameter space. Experimental studies on both cavities and sample coupons have been supplemented by theoretical work done on layer growth, trapped vortex motion and flux entry. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of the latest developments on Nb3Sn cavities, including work conducted in collaboration with the new NSF Centre for Bright Beams, with a brief summary on work being done in the field at large.
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WEXA03	High-performance Thin-film Niobium Produced via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)	674
	R.D. Porter, D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA V.M. Arrieta, S.R. McNeal, W.E. Williams Ultramet, Pacoima, California, USA
	Bulk niobium cavities have been the standard for superconducting particle accelerators for many years. However, the cost of high RRR niobium start materials makes them expensive. The use of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processing technologies to produce thin Nb films on low-cost substrates (e.g. copper) offers a method to significantly reduce the cost of accelerator cavity fabrication while increasing cavity performance capabilities. Recent optimization of CVD niobium processes for high RRR Nb films has led to RF performance approaching that of bulk Nb. In collaboration with Ultramet, Cornell continues to explore the potential of CVD techniques. This paper presents results from a detailed study of CVD thin film Nb materials produced by Ultramet on 5-inch diameter copper and molybdenum substrates, including RF performance results with T-mapping and detailed surface analysis of performance limiting regions. Our work shows that CVD-based cavity fabrication methods are a promising alternative to sheet-formed bulk cavities, and to other thin Nb film techniques, warranting further development. Additional results from the field will be discussed.
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THPB005	Design Updates on Cavity to Measure Suppression of Microwave Surface Resistance by DC Magnetic Fields	754
	J.T. Maniscalco, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Our research has shown good agreement between experimental measurements of the anti-Q-slope in niobium SRF cavities and predictions from a recent theoretical model of the suppression of the microwave surface resistance with applied RF field. To confirm that this mechanism is indeed what causes the anti-Q-slope in impurity-doped niobium, it will be necessary to measure the theory's prediction that the same effect may be achieved by applying a constant (i.e. DC) magnetic field parallel to the RF surface. This will also allow for systematic studies of the proposed fundamental effect of the anti-Q-slope and of the behavior of the anti-Q-slope for many surface preparations and alternative materials, since it provides a cleaner measurement by eliminating the counteracting quasiparticle overheating and the complexifying oscillation of the screening currents. In this report we give an update on work at Cornell to design and build a coaxial cavity to measure this effect.
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THPB041	Cavity Quench Studies in Nb3Sn Using Temperature Mapping and Surface Analysis of Cavity Cut-outs	840
	D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA P. Cueva, D. Liarte, D.A. Muller, J.P. Sethna Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Previous experimental studies on single-cell Nb3Sn cavities have shown that the cause of quench is isolated to a localised defect on the cavity surface. Here, cavity temperature mapping has been used to investigate cavity quench behaviour in an Nb3Sn cavity by measuring the temperature at the quench location as the RF field approaches the quench field. The heating profile observed at the quench location prior to quench appears to suggest quantised vortex entry at a defect. To investigate further, the quench region has been removed from the cavity and analysed using SEM methods. These results are compared to theoretical models describing two vortex entry defect candidates: regions of thin-layer tin-depleted Nb3Sn on the cavity surface that lower the flux entry field, and grain boundaries acting as Josephson junctions with a lower critical current than the surrounding material. A theoretical model of layer growth developed using density functional theory is used to discuss alterations to the coating process that could mitigate the formation of such defects.
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THPB042	Field-dependence of the Sensitivity to Trapped Flux in Nb3Sn	844
	D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA D. Liarte, J.P. Sethna Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
	The amount of residual resistance gained per unit of trapped flux ' referred to as the trapped flux sensitivity ' in Nb3Sn cavities has been found to be a function of the amplitude of the RF field. This behaviour is consistent with a scenario in which the trapped vortex dynamics are described by collective weak pinning. A model has been developed to describe this, and results in the observed linear dependence of trapped flux sensitivity with RF field. The model is used to discuss cavity preparation methods that might suppress this dependence, which would reduce the trapped flux requirements necessary to operate an Nb3Sn cavity at simultaneous high quality factors and accelerating gradients.
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THPB043	Effects of Chemical Treatments on the Surface Roughess and Surface Magnetic Field Ehancement of Niobium-3 Tin Films for Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities	848
	R.D. Porter, F. Furuta, D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Current niobium-3 tin (Nb3Sn) films produced via vapor diffusion have rougher surfaces than typical electropolished niobium surfaces causing significantly enhancement of the surface magnetic fields. Reducing surface roughness of Nb3Sn surfaces may be necessary to achieve higher gradient accelerator cavities with high Q. Previous work at Cornell has shown the impact of several chemical treatments on the surface roughness of Nb3Sn films; however, it had not been evaluated how the changes in surface roughness impact the surface magnetic field enhancement. In this paper we present simulations of the surface field enhancement of oxipolished Nb3Sn, which was shown to be effective at reducing the surface roughness of Nb3Sn. The surface magnetic field enhancement data is compared to those of unetched Nb3Sn to find that the surface magnetic field enhancement (and surface roughness) has been roughly halved.
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THPB044	Update on Sample Host Cavity Design Work for Measuring Flux Entry and Quench Field	851
	R.D. Porter, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco, R.A. Strauss Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Current state-of-the-art Niobium superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) accelerator cavities have reached surface magnetic field close to the theoretical maximum set by the superheating field. Further increasing accelerating gradients will require new superconducting materials for accelerator cavities that are capable of supporting higher surface magnetic fields. This necessitates measuring the quench fields of new materials in high power RF fields. Previous work at Cornell University has used electromagnetic simulations to optimize the shape of a dipole mode sample host cavity such that the surface magnetic fields on the sample are high compared to the energy inside the cavity and the surface magnetic field on the rest of the cavity. In this paper we present an update of the design that includes how to mount samples in the cavity and the addition of a low field chamber.
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Paper

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High Performance Nb3Sn Cavities

667

D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
T. Arias, P. Cueva, D. Liarte, D.A. Muller, J.P. Sethna, N. Sitaraman
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

In recent years, 1.3 GHz single-cell cavities coated with Nb3Sn at Cornell University have repeatedly demonstrated quality factors of >10¹⁰ at 4.2 K and >15 MV/m. Ongoing research is currently focussed on the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that limit the quality factor and quench field in these cavities. New single-cell cavities have been commissioned to enable further exploration of the coating parameter space. Experimental studies on both cavities and sample coupons have been supplemented by theoretical work done on layer growth, trapped vortex motion and flux entry. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of the latest developments on Nb3Sn cavities, including work conducted in collaboration with the new NSF Centre for Bright Beams, with a brief summary on work being done in the field at large.

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WEXA03

High-performance Thin-film Niobium Produced via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

674

R.D. Porter, D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
V.M. Arrieta, S.R. McNeal, W.E. Williams
Ultramet, Pacoima, California, USA

Bulk niobium cavities have been the standard for superconducting particle accelerators for many years. However, the cost of high RRR niobium start materials makes them expensive. The use of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processing technologies to produce thin Nb films on low-cost substrates (e.g. copper) offers a method to significantly reduce the cost of accelerator cavity fabrication while increasing cavity performance capabilities. Recent optimization of CVD niobium processes for high RRR Nb films has led to RF performance approaching that of bulk Nb. In collaboration with Ultramet, Cornell continues to explore the potential of CVD techniques. This paper presents results from a detailed study of CVD thin film Nb materials produced by Ultramet on 5-inch diameter copper and molybdenum substrates, including RF performance results with T-mapping and detailed surface analysis of performance limiting regions. Our work shows that CVD-based cavity fabrication methods are a promising alternative to sheet-formed bulk cavities, and to other thin Nb film techniques, warranting further development. Additional results from the field will be discussed.

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THPB005

Design Updates on Cavity to Measure Suppression of Microwave Surface Resistance by DC Magnetic Fields

754

J.T. Maniscalco, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA

Our research has shown good agreement between experimental measurements of the anti-Q-slope in niobium SRF cavities and predictions from a recent theoretical model of the suppression of the microwave surface resistance with applied RF field. To confirm that this mechanism is indeed what causes the anti-Q-slope in impurity-doped niobium, it will be necessary to measure the theory's prediction that the same effect may be achieved by applying a constant (i.e. DC) magnetic field parallel to the RF surface. This will also allow for systematic studies of the proposed fundamental effect of the anti-Q-slope and of the behavior of the anti-Q-slope for many surface preparations and alternative materials, since it provides a cleaner measurement by eliminating the counteracting quasiparticle overheating and the complexifying oscillation of the screening currents. In this report we give an update on work at Cornell to design and build a coaxial cavity to measure this effect.

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THPB041

Cavity Quench Studies in Nb3Sn Using Temperature Mapping and Surface Analysis of Cavity Cut-outs

840

D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
P. Cueva, D. Liarte, D.A. Muller, J.P. Sethna
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Previous experimental studies on single-cell Nb3Sn cavities have shown that the cause of quench is isolated to a localised defect on the cavity surface. Here, cavity temperature mapping has been used to investigate cavity quench behaviour in an Nb3Sn cavity by measuring the temperature at the quench location as the RF field approaches the quench field. The heating profile observed at the quench location prior to quench appears to suggest quantised vortex entry at a defect. To investigate further, the quench region has been removed from the cavity and analysed using SEM methods. These results are compared to theoretical models describing two vortex entry defect candidates: regions of thin-layer tin-depleted Nb3Sn on the cavity surface that lower the flux entry field, and grain boundaries acting as Josephson junctions with a lower critical current than the surrounding material. A theoretical model of layer growth developed using density functional theory is used to discuss alterations to the coating process that could mitigate the formation of such defects.

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THPB042

Field-dependence of the Sensitivity to Trapped Flux in Nb3Sn

844

D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, R.D. Porter
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
D. Liarte, J.P. Sethna
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

The amount of residual resistance gained per unit of trapped flux ' referred to as the trapped flux sensitivity ' in Nb3Sn cavities has been found to be a function of the amplitude of the RF field. This behaviour is consistent with a scenario in which the trapped vortex dynamics are described by collective weak pinning. A model has been developed to describe this, and results in the observed linear dependence of trapped flux sensitivity with RF field. The model is used to discuss cavity preparation methods that might suppress this dependence, which would reduce the trapped flux requirements necessary to operate an Nb3Sn cavity at simultaneous high quality factors and accelerating gradients.

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THPB043

Effects of Chemical Treatments on the Surface Roughess and Surface Magnetic Field Ehancement of Niobium-3 Tin Films for Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities

848

R.D. Porter, F. Furuta, D.L. Hall, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA

Current niobium-3 tin (Nb3Sn) films produced via vapor diffusion have rougher surfaces than typical electropolished niobium surfaces causing significantly enhancement of the surface magnetic fields. Reducing surface roughness of Nb3Sn surfaces may be necessary to achieve higher gradient accelerator cavities with high Q. Previous work at Cornell has shown the impact of several chemical treatments on the surface roughness of Nb3Sn films; however, it had not been evaluated how the changes in surface roughness impact the surface magnetic field enhancement. In this paper we present simulations of the surface field enhancement of oxipolished Nb3Sn, which was shown to be effective at reducing the surface roughness of Nb3Sn. The surface magnetic field enhancement data is compared to those of unetched Nb3Sn to find that the surface magnetic field enhancement (and surface roughness) has been roughly halved.

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THPB044

Update on Sample Host Cavity Design Work for Measuring Flux Entry and Quench Field

851

R.D. Porter, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco, R.A. Strauss
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA

Current state-of-the-art Niobium superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) accelerator cavities have reached surface magnetic field close to the theoretical maximum set by the superheating field. Further increasing accelerating gradients will require new superconducting materials for accelerator cavities that are capable of supporting higher surface magnetic fields. This necessitates measuring the quench fields of new materials in high power RF fields. Previous work at Cornell University has used electromagnetic simulations to optimize the shape of a dipole mode sample host cavity such that the surface magnetic fields on the sample are high compared to the energy inside the cavity and the surface magnetic field on the rest of the cavity. In this paper we present an update of the design that includes how to mount samples in the cavity and the addition of a low field chamber.

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