SRF2013 - List of Authors (Lukaszew, R.A.)

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NbTiN Based SIS Multilayer Structures for SRF Applications

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A-M. Valente-Feliciano, G.V. Eremeev, H.L. Phillips, C.E. Reece
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
A.D. Batchelor
NCSU AIF, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
R.A. Lukaszew
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA
J.K. Spradlin
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Q.G. Yang
NSU, Norfolk, USA

Funding: Authored by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177.
For the past three decades, bulk niobium has been the material of choice for SRF cavities applications. RF cavity performance is now approaching the theoretical limit for bulk niobium. For further improvement of RF cavity performance for future accelerator projects, Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor (SIS) multilayer structures (as recently proposed by Alex Gurevich) present the theoretical prospect to reach RF performance beyond bulk Nb, using thinly layered higher-Tc superconductors with enhanced Hc1. Jefferson Lab (JLab) is pursuing this approach with the development of NbTiN and AlN based multilayer SIS structures via magnetron sputtering and High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS). This paper presents the results on the characteristics of NbTiN and insulator films and the first RF measurements on NbTiN-based multilayer structure on thick Nb films.

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Proof of Concept Thin Films and Multilayers Toward Enhanced Field Gradients in SRF Cavities

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R.A. Lukaszew, D. Beringer, W.M. Roach
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA
G.V. Eremeev, A-M. Valente-Feliciano
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
C.E. Reece
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
X. Xi
TU, Philadelphia, USA

Funding: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Due to the very shallow penetration depth of the RF fields, SRF properties are inherently a surface phenomenon involving a material thickness of less than 1 micron thus opening up the possibility of using thin film coatings to achieve a desired performance. The challenge has been to understand the dependence of the SRF properties on the detailed characteristics of real surfaces and then to employ appropriate techniques to tailor these surface properties for greatest benefit. Our aim is to achieve gradients >100 MV/m and no simple material is known to be capable of sustaining this performance. A theoretical framework has been proposed which could yield such behavior [1] and it requires creation of thin film layered structures. I will present our systematic studies on such proof-of-principle samples. Our overarching goal has been to build a basic understanding of key nano-scale film growth parameters for materials that show promise for SRF cavity multilayer coatings and to demonstrate the ability to elevate the barrier for vortex entry in such layered structures above the bulk value of Hc1 for type-II superconductors and thus to sustain higher accelerating fields.
[1]. A. Gurevich, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 012511 (2006).

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Paper	Title	Page
TUP088	NbTiN Based SIS Multilayer Structures for SRF Applications	670
	A-M. Valente-Feliciano, G.V. Eremeev, H.L. Phillips, C.E. Reece JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA A.D. Batchelor NCSU AIF, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA R.A. Lukaszew The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA J.K. Spradlin JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA Q.G. Yang NSU, Norfolk, USA
	Funding: Authored by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177. For the past three decades, bulk niobium has been the material of choice for SRF cavities applications. RF cavity performance is now approaching the theoretical limit for bulk niobium. For further improvement of RF cavity performance for future accelerator projects, Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor (SIS) multilayer structures (as recently proposed by Alex Gurevich) present the theoretical prospect to reach RF performance beyond bulk Nb, using thinly layered higher-Tc superconductors with enhanced Hc1. Jefferson Lab (JLab) is pursuing this approach with the development of NbTiN and AlN based multilayer SIS structures via magnetron sputtering and High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS). This paper presents the results on the characteristics of NbTiN and insulator films and the first RF measurements on NbTiN-based multilayer structure on thick Nb films.

WEIOB02	Proof of Concept Thin Films and Multilayers Toward Enhanced Field Gradients in SRF Cavities	782
	R.A. Lukaszew, D. Beringer, W.M. Roach The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA G.V. Eremeev, A-M. Valente-Feliciano JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA C.E. Reece JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA X. Xi TU, Philadelphia, USA
	Funding: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Due to the very shallow penetration depth of the RF fields, SRF properties are inherently a surface phenomenon involving a material thickness of less than 1 micron thus opening up the possibility of using thin film coatings to achieve a desired performance. The challenge has been to understand the dependence of the SRF properties on the detailed characteristics of real surfaces and then to employ appropriate techniques to tailor these surface properties for greatest benefit. Our aim is to achieve gradients >100 MV/m and no simple material is known to be capable of sustaining this performance. A theoretical framework has been proposed which could yield such behavior [1] and it requires creation of thin film layered structures. I will present our systematic studies on such proof-of-principle samples. Our overarching goal has been to build a basic understanding of key nano-scale film growth parameters for materials that show promise for SRF cavity multilayer coatings and to demonstrate the ability to elevate the barrier for vortex entry in such layered structures above the bulk value of Hc1 for type-II superconductors and thus to sustain higher accelerating fields. [1]. A. Gurevich, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 012511 (2006).
	Slides WEIOB02 [15.612 MB]