Improvement of the First Flux Entry Field by Laser Post-Treatment of the Thin Nb Film on Cu
Superconductor Science and Technology 2021
R. Ries, E Seiler, F Gömöry, Artūrs Medvids, Pāvels Onufrijevs, C Pira, E. Chyhyrynets, O Malyshev, R Valizadeh

In superconducting radiofrequency accelerating cavities for particle accelerators, the Nb/Cu structure is one of the alternatives to bulk Nb but R&D is required to achieve a reproducible performance that competes with bulk Nb. The DC entry field Hen and critical temperature were studied in the thin Nb films deposited by magnetron sputtering on Cu substrate. The Nb surfaces were further treated by Nd:YAG laser at four energy doses (D1 = 350, D2 = 233, D3 = 175 and D4 = 140 J cm-2). The superconducting properties and other characteristics obtained by atomic force microscope, scanning electron microscope and x-ray diffraction were compared before and after laser treatment. The laser treatment increased the field of first flux entry by up to 65% compared to a non-irradiated sample. The laser irradiation also led to reduction of surface roughness, improvement of the surface morphology, reduction in crystallite size and increase of lattice parameter.


Keywords
First magnetic flux entry field | Laser treatment | Microstructural characterization | Nb coated film | SRF cavity
DOI
10.1088/1361-6668/abf54d
Hyperlink
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6668/abf54d

Ries, R., Seiler, E., Gömöry, F., Medvids, A., Onufrijevs, P., Pira, C., Chyhyrynets, E., Malyshev, O., Valizadeh, R. Improvement of the First Flux Entry Field by Laser Post-Treatment of the Thin Nb Film on Cu. Superconductor Science and Technology, 2021, Vol. 34, No. 6, Article number 065001. ISSN 0953-2048. Available from: doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abf54d

Publication language
English (en)
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