SRF2013 - List of Authors (Kleindienst, R.)

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TUP074	Development of an Optimized Quadrupole Resonator at HZB	614
	R. Kleindienst, J. Knobloch, O. Kugeler HZB, Berlin, Germany
	Funding: EuCARD II Current superconducting cavities are generally made of solid niobium. A possibility to reduce cost as well as increase accelerating fields and, essential for CW applications, the quality factor is to use thin-film coated cavities. Measuring and understanding the RF-properties of superconducting thin films, specifically the surface resistance at the operating field and frequency, is needed to drive forward this development. Presently, only few facilities exist capable of measuring the surface resistance of thin films samples with a resolution in the nano-ohm range at L-Band. We describe here a dedicated test stand consisting of a quadrupole resonator that was constructed at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin. Starting with 400-MHz quadrupole resonator developed at CERN, the design was adapted and optimized for resolution and reduced peak electric field to 433 MHz (making available the higher harmonic mode at 1,3GHz) using simulation data obtained with CST Microwave Studio as well as ANSYS. The relevant figures of merit have been improved, giving the possibility to perform measurements with high resolution at high field levels.

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Development of an Optimized Quadrupole Resonator at HZB

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R. Kleindienst, J. Knobloch, O. Kugeler
HZB, Berlin, Germany

Funding: EuCARD II
Current superconducting cavities are generally made of solid niobium. A possibility to reduce cost as well as increase accelerating fields and, essential for CW applications, the quality factor is to use thin-film coated cavities. Measuring and understanding the RF-properties of superconducting thin films, specifically the surface resistance at the operating field and frequency, is needed to drive forward this development. Presently, only few facilities exist capable of measuring the surface resistance of thin films samples with a resolution in the nano-ohm range at L-Band. We describe here a dedicated test stand consisting of a quadrupole resonator that was constructed at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin. Starting with 400-MHz quadrupole resonator developed at CERN, the design was adapted and optimized for resolution and reduced peak electric field to 433 MHz (making available the higher harmonic mode at 1,3GHz) using simulation data obtained with CST Microwave Studio as well as ANSYS. The relevant figures of merit have been improved, giving the possibility to perform measurements with high resolution at high field levels.