Fabrication and radio frequency test of large-area MgB2 films on niobium substrates

Ni, Zhimao; Guo, Xin; Welander, Paul B.; Yang, Can; Franzi, Matthew; Tantawi, Sami; Feng, Qingrong; Liu, Kexin

doi:10.1088/1361-6668/aa5aa0

Title: Fabrication and radio frequency test of large-area MgB₂ films on niobium substrates

Abstract

Magnesium diboride (MgB₂) is a promising candidate material for superconducting radio frequency (RF) cavities because of its higher transition temperature and critical field compared with niobium. To meet the demand of RF test devices, the fabrication of large-area MgB₂ films on metal substrates is needed. Here, in this work, high quality MgB₂ films with 50 mm diameter were fabricated on niobium by using an improved HPCVD system at Peking University, and RF tests were carried out at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The transition temperature is approximately 39.6 K and the RF surface resistance is about 120 μΩ at 4 K and 11.4 GHz. Finally, the fabrication processes, surface morphology, DC superconducting properties and RF tests of these large-area MgB₂ films are presented.

Authors:

Ni, Zhimao ^[1]; Guo, Xin ^[1]; Welander, Paul B. ^[2]; Yang, Can ^[3]; Franzi, Matthew ^[2]; Tantawi, Sami ^[2]; Feng, Qingrong ^[3]; Liu, Kexin ^[1]

Peking Univ., Beijing (China). School of Physics, State Key Lab. of Nuclear Physics and Technology
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Peking Univ., Beijing (China). School of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Applied Superconductivity Research Center

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1379941

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 11575012; 51177160; 2011CB808303; 2011CBA00104; LQ13E070002

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Superconductor Science and Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0953-2048

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; large-area MgB2 flim; Nb substrate; HPCVD; cryogenic RF test; surface resistance

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                    Ni, Zhimao, Guo, Xin, Welander, Paul B., Yang, Can, Franzi, Matthew, Tantawi, Sami, Feng, Qingrong, and Liu, Kexin. Fabrication and radio frequency test of large-area MgB2 films on niobium substrates.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Ni, Zhimao, Guo, Xin, Welander, Paul B., Yang, Can, Franzi, Matthew, Tantawi, Sami, Feng, Qingrong, & Liu, Kexin. Fabrication and radio frequency test of large-area MgB2 films on niobium substrates.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/aa5aa0

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                    Ni, Zhimao, Guo, Xin, Welander, Paul B., Yang, Can, Franzi, Matthew, Tantawi, Sami, Feng, Qingrong, and Liu, Kexin. Thu .  
"Fabrication and radio frequency test of large-area MgB2 films on niobium substrates".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/aa5aa0.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1379941.

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  abstractNote = {Magnesium diboride (MgB2) is a promising candidate material for superconducting radio frequency (RF) cavities because of its higher transition temperature and critical field compared with niobium. To meet the demand of RF test devices, the fabrication of large-area MgB2 films on metal substrates is needed. Here, in this work, high quality MgB2 films with 50 mm diameter were fabricated on niobium by using an improved HPCVD system at Peking University, and RF tests were carried out at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The transition temperature is approximately 39.6 K and the RF surface resistance is about 120 μΩ at 4 K and 11.4 GHz. Finally, the fabrication processes, surface morphology, DC superconducting properties and RF tests of these large-area MgB2 films are presented.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1361-6668/aa5aa0},

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  year         = {Thu Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2017},

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Title: Fabrication and radio frequency test of large-area MgB₂ films on niobium substrates

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All-MgB2 Josephson tunnel junctions
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