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Title: Dependence of the microwave surface resistance of superconducting niobium on the magnitude of the rf field

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812665· OSTI ID:22163069
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

Utilizing difference in temperature dependencies we decoupled Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) and residual components of the microwave surface resistance of superconducting niobium at all rf fields up to B{sub rf}{approx}115 mT. We reveal that the residual resistance decreases with field at B{sub rf} Less-Than-Or-Equivalent-To 40 mT and strongly increases in chemically treated niobium at B{sub rf}>80 mT. We find that BCS surface resistance is weakly dependent on field in the clean limit, whereas a strong and peculiar field dependence emerges after 120 Degree-Sign C vacuum baking.

OSTI ID:
22163069
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 25; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English