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MOPMB012 | Investigation, Using Nb Foils to Characterise the Optimal Dimensions of Samples Measured by the Magnetic Field Penetration Facility | 88 |
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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 |
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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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Slides WECAA01 [15.846 MB] | ||
DOI • | reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-WECAA01 | |
About • | Received ※ 18 June 2023 — Revised ※ 24 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 02 September 2023 — Issue date ※ 02 September 2023 | |
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MOPMB003 | Flux Expulsion Lens: Concept and Measurements | 56 |
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A magnetic flux expulsion lens (MFEL) has been designed and built at CERN. This device uses closed topology conduction cooling of samples to quantify magnetic flux expulsion of superconductors, and allows for systematic measurements of the cooling dynamics and the magnetic response during the superconducting transition. Measurements for bulk Nb, cold worked Nb, sputtered Nb on Cu, and SIS multilayer structures are given. Preliminary results for both sample characterization of expulsion dynamics, and observation of an enhanced flux expulsion in SIS samples are also reported. | ||
Poster MOPMB003 [2.459 MB] | ||
DOI • | reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB003 | |
About • | Received ※ 27 June 2023 — Revised ※ 28 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 30 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 14 July 2023 | |
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