SRF2023 - List of Authors (McFadden, R.M.L.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOPMB005	Muon Spin Rotation Studies of Bilayer Superconductors and Low Temperature Baked Niobium	62
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	M. Asaduzzaman, R.E. Laxdal, R.M.L. McFadden, E. Thoeng TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada M. Asaduzzaman, T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden UVIC, Victoria, Canada E. Thoeng UBC & TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	Funding: Financial support was provided by an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Muon spin rotation (muSR) results have shown that vortex penetration into Nb can be delayed up to the superheating field Hsh by a single layer of a material with larger London penetration depth. For low temperature baked (LTB) Nb an increase in the vortex penetration field Hvp has also been observed. While clearly exceeding the lower critical field Hc1, Hvp was found to remain significantly below Hsh for LTB niobium (Superconductor Science and Technology 30 (12), 125012). Further, magnetometry experiments suggested that there is no interface barrier in LTB Nb and that the apparent Hvp increase as observed by muSR was due to surface pinning (Scientific Reports 12 (1), 5522). By varying the implantation depth of ~4.1 MeV muons using moderating foils, new muSR measurements confirm that the apparent Hvp increase in LTB Nb is indeed due to surface pinning, while for a Nb₃Sn/Nb bilayer we find an interface barrier for flux penetration. These results confirm the potential of using superconducting bilayers to achieve a flux free Meissner state up to the superheating field of the substrate.
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About •	Received ※ 17 June 2023 — Revised ※ 21 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 25 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 21 July 2023
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TUIXA04	First Results from beta-SRF- Testing SRF Samples at High Parallel Field	374
	E. Thoeng, R. Kiefl, W.A. MacFarlane, J.O. Ticknor UBC & TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada M. Asaduzzaman, S.R. Dunsiger, D. Fujimoto, T. Junginger, V.L. Karner, P. Kolb, R.E. Laxdal, R. Li, R.M.L. McFadden, G. Morris, M. Stachura TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden UVIC, Victoria, Canada
	The new ¿-SRF facility at TRIUMF has recently been commissioned. A new 1 m extension has been added to an existing ¿-NMR beamline with a large Helmholtz coil to produce fields up to 200 mT parallel to sample surfaces. The ¿-NMR technique allows depth dependent characterization of the local magnetic field in the first 100 nm of the sample surface making the probe ideal for studying Meissner screen- ing in heat treated Niobium or layered SRF materials. First measurements of Meissner screening at fields up to 200 mT have been analyzed. The results show clear differences in the Meissner screening of baseline treatments compared to mid-T baked (O-doped) Niobium.
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DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUIXA04
About •	Received ※ 24 June 2023 — Revised ※ 28 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 06 July 2023 — Issue date ※ 09 July 2023
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WEIXA01	Experimental Evidence for Current Suppression in Superconducting Hetero Structures
	M. Asaduzzaman, T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden UVIC, Victoria, Canada D.R. Beverstock, A-M. Valente-Feliciano JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada T. Prokscha, Z. Salman, A. Suter PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	Coating Nb with thin layers of superconductors of higher penetration depth, than Nb have been proposed as a means of obtaining accelerating gradients (E_acc) of beyond Nb’s fundamental limit. Such heterostructures (which can also contain insulating layers between the superconductors) can potentially sustain their Meissner state above the superheating field, Bsh (of all the layers) due to the suppression of the Meissner screening current in the surface layer(s) induced by a counter-current in the substrate layer. We report evidence for counter-current flow in superconductor- superconductor (SS) Nb-Ti-N/Nb samples from depth-resolved measurements of their Meissner screening profiles at applied fields below or equal to 25 mT using the low energy muon spin rotation (LE-muSR) technique. Fits to the London model with appropriate boundary and continuity conditions determine the penetration depth of the Nb-Ti-N layers to be 182.5(31) nm in good agreement with literature values. Our results suggest that due to the strong suppression of the Meissner currents in the surface layer, multilayered structures of several superconducting and insulating layers are necessary to reach highest E_acc. An electronic pre-print is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09360
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MOPMB005

Muon Spin Rotation Studies of Bilayer Superconductors and Low Temperature Baked Niobium

62

SUSPB002

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M. Asaduzzaman, R.E. Laxdal, R.M.L. McFadden, E. Thoeng
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
M. Asaduzzaman, T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden
UVIC, Victoria, Canada
E. Thoeng
UBC & TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Funding: Financial support was provided by an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Muon spin rotation (muSR) results have shown that vortex penetration into Nb can be delayed up to the superheating field Hsh by a single layer of a material with larger London penetration depth. For low temperature baked (LTB) Nb an increase in the vortex penetration field Hvp has also been observed. While clearly exceeding the lower critical field Hc1, Hvp was found to remain significantly below Hsh for LTB niobium (Superconductor Science and Technology 30 (12), 125012). Further, magnetometry experiments suggested that there is no interface barrier in LTB Nb and that the apparent Hvp increase as observed by muSR was due to surface pinning (Scientific Reports 12 (1), 5522). By varying the implantation depth of ~4.1 MeV muons using moderating foils, new muSR measurements confirm that the apparent Hvp increase in LTB Nb is indeed due to surface pinning, while for a Nb₃Sn/Nb bilayer we find an interface barrier for flux penetration. These results confirm the potential of using superconducting bilayers to achieve a flux free Meissner state up to the superheating field of the substrate.

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Received ※ 17 June 2023 — Revised ※ 21 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 25 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 21 July 2023

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TUIXA04

First Results from beta-SRF- Testing SRF Samples at High Parallel Field

374

E. Thoeng, R. Kiefl, W.A. MacFarlane, J.O. Ticknor
UBC & TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
M. Asaduzzaman, S.R. Dunsiger, D. Fujimoto, T. Junginger, V.L. Karner, P. Kolb, R.E. Laxdal, R. Li, R.M.L. McFadden, G. Morris, M. Stachura
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden
UVIC, Victoria, Canada

The new ¿-SRF facility at TRIUMF has recently been commissioned. A new 1 m extension has been added to an existing ¿-NMR beamline with a large Helmholtz coil to produce fields up to 200 mT parallel to sample surfaces. The ¿-NMR technique allows depth dependent characterization of the local magnetic field in the first 100 nm of the sample surface making the probe ideal for studying Meissner screen- ing in heat treated Niobium or layered SRF materials. First measurements of Meissner screening at fields up to 200 mT have been analyzed. The results show clear differences in the Meissner screening of baseline treatments compared to mid-T baked (O-doped) Niobium.

Slides TUIXA04 [1.644 MB]

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reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUIXA04

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Received ※ 24 June 2023 — Revised ※ 28 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 06 July 2023 — Issue date ※ 09 July 2023

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WEIXA01

Experimental Evidence for Current Suppression in Superconducting Hetero Structures

M. Asaduzzaman, T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden
UVIC, Victoria, Canada
D.R. Beverstock, A-M. Valente-Feliciano
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
T. Junginger, R.M.L. McFadden
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
T. Prokscha, Z. Salman, A. Suter
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

Coating Nb with thin layers of superconductors of higher penetration depth, than Nb have been proposed as a means of obtaining accelerating gradients (E_acc) of beyond Nb’s fundamental limit. Such heterostructures (which can also contain insulating layers between the superconductors) can potentially sustain their Meissner state above the superheating field, Bsh (of all the layers) due to the suppression of the Meissner screening current in the surface layer(s) induced by a counter-current in the substrate layer. We report evidence for counter-current flow in superconductor- superconductor (SS) Nb-Ti-N/Nb samples from depth-resolved measurements of their Meissner screening profiles at applied fields below or equal to 25 mT using the low energy muon spin rotation (LE-muSR) technique. Fits to the London model with appropriate boundary and continuity conditions determine the penetration depth of the Nb-Ti-N layers to be 182.5(31) nm in good agreement with literature values. Our results suggest that due to the strong suppression of the Meissner currents in the surface layer, multilayered structures of several superconducting and insulating layers are necessary to reach highest E_acc.
An electronic pre-print is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09360

Slides WEIXA01 [0.623 MB]

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