NAPAC2022 - List of Authors (Pudasaini, U.)

Paper	Title	Page
WEPA30	Nb₃Sn Coating of a 2.6 GHz SRF Cavity by Sputter Deposition Technique	691
	M.S. Shakel, W. Cao, H. Elsayed-Ali, Md.N. Sayeed ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA G.V. Eremeev Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA U. Pudasaini, A-M. Valente-Feliciano JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Funding: Supported by DOE, Office of Accelerator R&D and Production, Contact No. DE-SC0022284, with partial support by DOE, Office of Nuclear Physics DE-AC05-06OR23177, Early Career Award to G. Eremeev. Nb₃Sn is of interest as a coating for SRF cavities due to its higher transition temperature Tc ~18.3 K and superheating field Hsh ~400 mT, both are twice that of Nb. Nb₃Sn coated cavities can achieve high-quality factors at 4 K and can replace the bulk Nb cavities operated at 2 K. A cylindrical magnetron sputtering system was built, commissioned, and used to deposit Nb₃Sn on the inner surface of a 2.6 GHz single-cell Nb cavity. With two identical cylindrical magnetrons, this system can coat a cavity with high symmetry and uniform thickness. Using Nb-Sn multilayer sequential sputtering followed by annealing at 950°C for 3 hours, polycrystalline Nb₃Sn films were first deposited at the equivalent positions of the cavity’s beam tubes and equator. The film’s composition, crystal structure, and morphology were characterized by energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and atomic force microscopy. The Tc of the films was measured by the four-point probe method and was 17.61 to 17.76 K. Based on these studies, ~1.2 micron thick Nb₃Sn was deposited inside a 2.6 GHz Nb cavity. We will discuss first results from samples and cavity coatings, and the status of the coating system.
	Poster WEPA30 [1.769 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-WEPA30
About •	Received ※ 03 August 2022 — Revised ※ 08 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 11 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 22 August 2022
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WEPA31	Lower Temperature Annealing of Vapor Diffused Nb₃Sn for Accelerator Cavities	695
	J.K. Tiskumara, J.R. Delayen ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA G.V. Eremeev Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA U. Pudasaini JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Nb₃Sn is a next-generation superconducting material for the accelerator cavities with higher critical temperature and superheating field, both twice compared to Nb. It promises superior performance and higher operating temperature than Nb, resulting in significant cost reduction. So far, the Sn vapor diffusion method is the most preferred and successful technique to coat niobium cavities with Nb₃Sn. Although several post-coating techniques (chemical, electrochemical, mechanical) have been explored to improve the surface quality of the coated surface, an effective process has yet to be found. Since there are only a few studies on the post-coating heat treatment at lower temperatures, we annealed Nb₃Sn-coated samples at 800 C - 1000 C to study the effect of heat treatments on surface properties, primarily aimed at removing surface Sn residues. This paper discusses the systematic surface analysis of coated samples after annealing at temperatures between 850 C and 950 C.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-WEPA31
About •	Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 05 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 07 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 02 September 2022
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Nb₃Sn Coating of a 2.6 GHz SRF Cavity by Sputter Deposition Technique

691

M.S. Shakel, W. Cao, H. Elsayed-Ali, Md.N. Sayeed
ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
G.V. Eremeev
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
U. Pudasaini, A-M. Valente-Feliciano
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA

Funding: Supported by DOE, Office of Accelerator R&D and Production, Contact No. DE-SC0022284, with partial support by DOE, Office of Nuclear Physics DE-AC05-06OR23177, Early Career Award to G. Eremeev.
Nb₃Sn is of interest as a coating for SRF cavities due to its higher transition temperature Tc ~18.3 K and superheating field Hsh ~400 mT, both are twice that of Nb. Nb₃Sn coated cavities can achieve high-quality factors at 4 K and can replace the bulk Nb cavities operated at 2 K. A cylindrical magnetron sputtering system was built, commissioned, and used to deposit Nb₃Sn on the inner surface of a 2.6 GHz single-cell Nb cavity. With two identical cylindrical magnetrons, this system can coat a cavity with high symmetry and uniform thickness. Using Nb-Sn multilayer sequential sputtering followed by annealing at 950°C for 3 hours, polycrystalline Nb₃Sn films were first deposited at the equivalent positions of the cavity’s beam tubes and equator. The film’s composition, crystal structure, and morphology were characterized by energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and atomic force microscopy. The Tc of the films was measured by the four-point probe method and was 17.61 to 17.76 K. Based on these studies, ~1.2 micron thick Nb₃Sn was deposited inside a 2.6 GHz Nb cavity. We will discuss first results from samples and cavity coatings, and the status of the coating system.

Poster WEPA30 [1.769 MB]

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Received ※ 03 August 2022 — Revised ※ 08 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 11 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 22 August 2022

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WEPA31

Lower Temperature Annealing of Vapor Diffused Nb₃Sn for Accelerator Cavities

695

J.K. Tiskumara, J.R. Delayen
ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
G.V. Eremeev
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
U. Pudasaini
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA

Nb₃Sn is a next-generation superconducting material for the accelerator cavities with higher critical temperature and superheating field, both twice compared to Nb. It promises superior performance and higher operating temperature than Nb, resulting in significant cost reduction. So far, the Sn vapor diffusion method is the most preferred and successful technique to coat niobium cavities with Nb₃Sn. Although several post-coating techniques (chemical, electrochemical, mechanical) have been explored to improve the surface quality of the coated surface, an effective process has yet to be found. Since there are only a few studies on the post-coating heat treatment at lower temperatures, we annealed Nb₃Sn-coated samples at 800 C - 1000 C to study the effect of heat treatments on surface properties, primarily aimed at removing surface Sn residues. This paper discusses the systematic surface analysis of coated samples after annealing at temperatures between 850 C and 950 C.

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-WEPA31

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Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 05 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 07 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 02 September 2022

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