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MOPMB011 Deposition and Characterisation of V₃Si films for SRF Applications 84
 
  • C. Benjamin, J.A. Conlon, O.B. Malyshev, R. Valizadeh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt, O.B. Malyshev, D.J. Seal, R. Valizadeh
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt, D.J. Seal
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • N.L. Leicester, H.S. Marks
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • L.G.P. Smith
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101004730.
A15 superconducting materials, like V₃Si and Nb₃Sn, are potential alternatives to Nb for next generation thin film SRF cavities when operated at 4 K. Their relatively high Tc and superconducting properties could allow for higher accelerating gradients and elevated operating temperatures. We present work on the deposition of V₃Si thin films on planar Cu substrates and an open structure 6 GHz cavity, using physical vapour deposition (PVD) and a V₃Si single target. The surface structure, composition and DC superconducting properties of two planar samples were characterised via secondary electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and in a magnetic field penetration facility. Furthermore, the first deposition using PVD of a V₃Si film on a 6 GHz split cavity and the RF performance is presented.
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB011  
About • Received ※ 16 June 2023 — Revised ※ 22 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 29 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 19 July 2023
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MOPMB012 Investigation, Using Nb Foils to Characterise the Optimal Dimensions of Samples Measured by the Magnetic Field Penetration Facility 88
 
  • L.G.P. Smith, D.A. Turner
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt, O.B. Malyshev, D.A. Turner
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • T. Junginger
    TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
  • T. Junginger
    UVIC, Victoria, Canada
  • O.B. Malyshev
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  SRF cavities made of bulk Nb are reaching their theoretical limits in the maximum accelerating gradient, Eacc, where Eacc is limited by the maximum magnetic field, Bmax, that can be applied on the surface of the accelerating cavity wall. To increase Eacc, Bmax, which can be applied to the surface, must also be increased. The A15 materials or multilayer structures are the potential solution to increase Bmax. Since coating and RF testing of full size RF cavities is both expensive and time consuming, one need to evaluate new ideas in superconducting thin films quickly and at low cost. A magnetic field penetration experiment has been designed and built at Daresbury Laboratory to test small superconducting samples. The facility produces a parallel DC magnetic field, which applied from one side of the sample to the other similar to that in an RF cavity. The facility applies an increasing magnetic field at a set temperature to determine the field of full flux penetration which can give an insight into the quality and structure of the superconducting structure. The facility has been characterised using both type I and II superconductors and is now producing results from novel materials.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB012  
About • Received ※ 18 June 2023 — Revised ※ 22 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 26 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 17 July 2023
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WECAA01 Progress in European Thin Film Activities 607
 
  • C. Pira, O. Azzolini, R. Caforio, E. Chyhyrynets, D. Fonnesu, D. Ford, V.A. Garcia, G. Keppel, G. Marconato, A. Salmaso, F. Stivanello
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • C.Z. Antoine, Y. Kalboussi, Th. Proslier
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • C. Benjamin, O.B. Malyshev, N. Marks, B.S. Sian, R. Valizadeh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • C. Benjamin, J.W. Bradley, G. Burt, O.B. Malyshev, N. Marks, D.J. Seal, B.S. Sian, S. Simon, D.A. Turner, R. Valizadeh
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • S. Berry
    CEA-DRF-IRFU, France
  • R. Berton, D. Piccoli, F. Piccoli, G. Squizzato, F. Telatin
    Piccoli, Noale (VE), Italy
  • M. Bertucci, R. Paparella
    INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI), Italy
  • M. Bonesso, S. Candela, V. Candela, R. Dima, G. Favero, A. Pepato, P. Rebesan, M. Romanato
    INFN- Sez. di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • J.W. Bradley, S. Simon
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt, D.J. Seal, D.A. Turner
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • O. Hryhorenko, D. Longuevergne
    Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
  • X. Jiang, T. Staedler, A.O. Zubtsovskii
    University Siegen, Siegen, Germany
  • S. Keckert, J. Knobloch, O. Kugeler
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
  • J. Knobloch
    University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
  • N.L. Leicester
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • A. Medvids, A. Mychko, P. Onufrijevs
    Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
  • S. Prucnal, S. Zhou
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • R. Ries
    Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  • E. Seiler
    IEE, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  • L.G.P. Smith
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • A-M. Valente-Feliciano
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
 
  Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101004730.
Thin-film cavities with higher Tc superconductors (SC) than Nb promise to move the operating temperature from 2 to 4.5 K with savings 3 orders of magnitude in cryogenic power consumption. Several European labs are coordinating their efforts to obtain a first 1.3 GHz cavity prototype through the I.FAST collaboration and other informal collaborations with CERN and DESY. R&D covers the entire production chain. In particular, new production techniques of seamless Copper and Niobium elliptical cavities via additive manufacturing are studied and evaluated. New acid-free polishing techniques to reduce surface roughness in a more sustainable way such as plasma electropolishing and metallographic polishing have been tested. Optimization of coating parameters of higher Tc SC than Nb (Nb₃Sn, V₃Si, NbTiN) via PVD and multilayer via ALD are on the way. Finally, rapid heat treatments such as Flash Lamp Annealing and Laser Annealing are used to avoid or reduce Cu diffusion in the SC film. The development and characterization of SC coatings is done on planar samples, 6 GHz cavities, choke cavities, QPR and 1.3 GHz cavities. This work presents the progress status of these coordinated efforts.
 
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About • Received ※ 18 June 2023 — Revised ※ 24 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 02 September 2023 — Issue date ※ 02 September 2023
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MOPMB001 Development and Testing of Split 6 GHz Cavities With Niobium Coatings 51
 
  • N.L. Leicester, G. Burt, H.S. Marks
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • E. Chyhyrynets, C. Pira
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • J.A. Conlon, O.B. Malyshev, B.S. Sian, R. Valizadeh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • D.J. Seal
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
 
  Superconducting thin-films on a copper substrate are used in accelerator RF cavities as an alternative to bulk Nb due to the high thermal conductivity of copper and the lower production costs. Although thin-film coated RF cavities can match, or even exceed the performance of bulk Nb, there are some challenges around the deposition. The RF cavities are often produced as two half-cells with a weld across the centre where the RF surface current is highest, which could reduce cavity performance. To avoid this, a cavity can be produced in 2 longitudinally split halves, with the join parallel to the surface current. As the current doesn’t cross the join a simpler weld can be performed far from the fields, simplifying the manufacturing process, and potentially improving the cavities performance. This additionally allows for different deposition techniques and coating materials to be used, as well as easier post-deposition quality control. This paper discusses the development and testing of 6 GHz cavities that have been designed and coated at the Cockcroft Institute, using low temperature RF techniques to characterise cavities with different substrate preparations and coating techniques.  
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MOPMB062 Optimisation of Niobium Thin Film Deposition Parameters for SRF Cavities 253
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  • D.J. Seal, O.B. Malyshev, R. Valizadeh
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • G. Burt
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • J.A. Conlon, O.B. Malyshev, K.T. Morrow, R. Valizadeh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  In order to accelerate the progression of thin film (TF) development for future SRF cavities, it is desirable to optimise material properties on small flat samples. Most importantly, this requires the ability to measure their superconducting properties. At Daresbury Laboratory, it has been possible for many years to characterise these films under DC conditions; however, it is not yet fully understood whether this correlates with RF measurements. Recently, a high-throughput RF facility was commissioned that uses a novel 7.8 GHz choke cavity. The facility is able to evaluate the RF performance of planar-coated TF samples at low peak magnetic fields with a high throughput rate of 2-3 samples per week. Using this facility, an optimisation study of the deposition parameters of TF Nb samples deposited by HiPIMS has begun. The ultimate aim is to optimise TF Nb as a base layer for multilayer studies and replicate planar magnetron depositions on split 6 GHz cavities. The initial focus of this study was to investigate the effect of substrate temperature during deposition. A review of the RF facility used and results of this study will be presented.  
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FRIBA04 Crab Cavities for ILC 990
 
  • P.A. McIntosh
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • S.A. Belomestnykh, I.V. Gonin, T.N. Khabiboulline, A. Lunin, Y.M. Orlov, V.P. Yakovlev
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • G. Burt
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • R. Calaga
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • S.U. De Silva
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  • J.R. Delayen
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • T. Okugi, A. Yamamoto
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • S. Verdú-Andrés, B.P. Xiao
    BNL, Upton, New York, USA
 
  For the 14 mrad crossing angle proposed, crab cavity systems are fundamentally anticipated for the viable operation of the International Linear Collider (ILC), in order to maximise its luminosity performance. Since 2021, a specialist development team have been defining optimum crab cavity technologies which can fulfil the operational requirements for ILC, both for its baseline centre-of-mass energy of 250 GeV, but also extending those requirements out to higher beam collision intensities. Five design teams have established crab cavity technology solutions, which have the capability to also operate up to 1 TeV centre-of-mass. This presentation showcases the key performance capabilities of these designs and their associated benefits for both manufacture and integration into the ILC Interaction Region. The recommended outcome of the recently conducted crab cavity technology down-selection, will also be highlighted.  
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About • Received ※ 19 June 2023 — Revised ※ 25 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 27 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 20 July 2023
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