TY - CONF AU - Gaitan, G. AU - Holic, A.T. AU - Howes, W.I. AU - Kulina, G. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Quigley, P. AU - Sears, J. AU - Sun, Z. AU - Wendland, B.W. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Development of a Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition System for High-Performance SRF Cavities J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Next-generation, thin-film surfaces employing Nb₃Sn, NbN, NbTiN, or other compound superconductors are essential for reaching enhanced RF performance levels in SRF cavities. However, optimized, advanced deposition processes are required to enable high-quality films of such materials on large and complex-shaped cavities. For this purpose, Cornell University is developing a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system that facilitates coating on complicated geometries with a high deposition rate. This system is based on a high-temperature tube furnace with a high-vacuum, gas, and precursor delivery system, and uses plasma to significantly reduce the required processing temperature and promote precursor decomposition. Here we present an update on the development of this system, including final system design, safety considerations, assembly, and commissioning. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 100 EP - 103 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - plasma KW - vacuum KW - controls DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB015 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/mopmb015.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Sitaraman, N. AU - Arias, T. AU - Harbick, A.V. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Transtrum, M.K. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - A Comprehensive Picture of Hydride Formation and Dissipation J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Research linking surface hydrides to Q-disease, and the subsequent development of methods to eliminate surface hydrides, is one of the great successes of SRF cavity R\&D. We use time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau to extend the theory of hydride dissipation to sub-surface hydrides. Just as surface hydrides cause Q-disease behavior, we show that sub-surface hydrides cause high-field Q-slope (HFQS) behavior. We find that the abrupt onset of HFQS is due to a transition from a vortex-free state to a vortex-penetration state. We show that controlling hydride size and depth through impurity doping can eliminate HFQS. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 119 EP - 123 KW - cavity KW - site KW - superconductivity KW - SRF KW - niobium DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB020 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/mopmb020.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Seddon-Stettler, S.G. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Sitaraman, N. AU - Sun, Z. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Surface Characterization Studies of Gold-Plated Niobium J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - The native niobium oxide layer present on niobium has been shown to affect the performace of superconducting RF cavities. Extremely thin layers of gold on the surface of niobium have the potential to suppress surface oxidation and improve cavity performance. However, depositing uniform layers of gold at the desired thickness (sub-nm) is difficult, and different deposition methods may have different effects on the gold surface, on the niobium surface, and on the interface between the two. In particular, the question of whether gold deposition actually passivates the niobium oxide is extremely relevant for assessing the potential of gold deposition to improve RF performance. This work builds on previous research studying the RF performance of gold/niobium bilayers with different gold layer thicknesses. We here consider alternative methods to characterize the composition and chemical properties of gold/niobium bilayers to supplement the previous RF study. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 290 EP - 292 KW - niobium KW - cavity KW - controls KW - site KW - radio-frequency DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB076 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/mopmb076.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Porter, R.D. AU - Aderhold, S. AU - Alsberg, L.E. AU - Cravatta, A.T. AU - Drury, M.A. AU - Gaitan, G. AU - Gonnella, D. AU - Holzbauer, J.P. AU - McCaughan, M.D. AU - Nelson, J. AU - Neveu, N.R. AU - Posen, S. AU - Stilin, N.A. AU - Wilson, C.M. AU - Zacarias, L.M. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Microphonics in the LCLS-II Superconducting Linac J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - The LCLS-II project has installed a new superconducting linac at SLAC that consists of 35 1.3 GHz cryomodules and 2 3.9 GHz cryomodules. The linac will provide a 4 GeV electron beam for generating soft and hard X-ray pulses. Cavity detuning induced by microphonics was a significant design challenge for the LCLS-II cryomodules. Cryomodules were produced that were within the detuning specification (10 Hz for 1.3 GHz cryomodules) on test stands. Here we present first measurements of the microphonics in the installed LCLS-II superconducting linac. Overall, the microphonics in the linac are manageable with 94% of cavities coming within the detune specification. Only two cavities are gradient limited due to microphonics. We identify a leaking cool down valve as the source of microphonics limiting those two cavities. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 302 EP - 305 KW - cryomodule KW - cavity KW - linac KW - operation KW - vacuum DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB081 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/mopmb081.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Arnold, S.G. AU - Arias, T. AU - Gaitan, G. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Shpani, L. AU - Sitaraman, N. AU - Sun, Z. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Optimizing Growth of Niobium-3 Tin Through Pre-nucleation Chemical Treatments J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Nb₃Sn is a promising alternative material for SRF cavities that is close to reaching practical applications. To date, one of the most effective growth methods for this material is vapor diffusion, yet further improvement is needed for Nb₃Sn to reach its full potential. The major issues faced by vapor diffusion are tin depleted regions and surface roughness, both of which lead to impaired performance. Literature has shown that the niobium surface oxide plays an important role in the binding of tin to niobium. In this study, we performed various chemical treatments on niobium samples pre-nucleation to enhance tin nucleation. We quantify the effect that these various treatments had through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). These methods reveal information on tin nucleation density and uniformity, and a thin tin film present on most samples, even in the absence of nucleation sites. We present our findings from these surface characterization methods and introduce a framework for quantitatively comparing the samples. We plan to apply the most effective treatment to a cavity and conduct an RF test soon. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 337 EP - 341 KW - site KW - niobium KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - controls DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB093 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/mopmb093.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Stilin, N.A. AU - Holic, A.T. AU - Liepe, M. AU - O’Connell, T.I. AU - Quigley, P. AU - Sears, J. AU - Shemelin, V.D. AU - Turco, J. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Design of a 1.3 GHz High-Power RF Coupler for Conduction-Cooled Systems J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Cornell is designing a new standalone, compact SRF cryomodule which uses cryocoolers in place of liquid helium for cooling. One of the biggest challenges in implementing such a system is designing a high-power input coupler which is able to be cooled by the cryocoolers without any additional liquid cryogenics. Due to the limited heat load capacity of the cryocoolers at 4.2 K, this requires very careful thermal isolation of the 4.2 K portion of the coupler and thorough optimization of the RF behavior to minimize losses. This paper will present the various design considerations which enabled the creating of a conduction-cooled 1.3 GHz input coupler capable of delivering up to 100 kW CW RF power. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 342 EP - 346 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - cryomodule KW - radio-frequency KW - operation DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB094 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/mopmb094.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Kelley, M.M. AU - Arias, T. AU - Deyo, S. AU - Liarte, D. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Sethna, J.P. AU - Sitaraman, N. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - A Three-Fluid Model of Dissipation at Surfaces in Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Experiments on superconducting cavities have found that under large RF fields the quality factor can improve with increasing field amplitude, a so-called anti-Q slope. We numerically solve the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations at a superconducting surface in a parallel magnetic field, finding at large fields there are surface quasiparticle states with energies below the bulk superconducting gap that emerge and disappear as the field cycles. Modifying the standard two-fluid model, we introduce a ‘‘three’’-fluid model where we partition the normal fluid to consider continuum and surface quasiparticle states separately. We compute dissipation in a semi-classical theory of conductivity, where we provide physical estimates of elastic scattering times of Bogoliubov quasiparticles with point-like impurities having potential strengths informed from complementary ab initio calculations of impurities in bulk niobium. We show, in this simple yet effective framework, how the relative scattering rates of surface and continuum quasiparticle states can play a role in producing an anti-Q slope while demonstrating how this model naturally includes a mechanism for turning the anti-Q slope on and off. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 361 EP - 368 KW - scattering KW - cavity KW - electron KW - niobium KW - SRF DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUIBA01 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/tuiba01.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Sun, Z. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Measurements of the Amplitude-Dependent Microwave Surface Resistance of a Proximity-Coupled Au/Nb Bilayer J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - A sample host cavity is used to measure the surface resistance of a niobium substrate with a gold film deposited in place of its surface oxide. This talk will report about this measurement result. The film thickness of the gold layer was increased from 0.1 nm to 2.0 nm in five steps to study the impact of the normal layer thickness. The 0.1 nm film was found to reduce the surface resistance below its value with the surface oxide present and to enhance the quench field. The magnitude of the surface resistance increased substantially with gold film thickness. The surface resistance field-dependence appeared to be independent from the normal layer thickness. The observations reported in this work have profound implications for both low-field and high-field S.C. microwave devices. By controlling or eliminating the niobium oxide using a gold layer to passivate the niobium surface, it may be possible to improve the performance of SRF cavities used for particle acceleration. This method to reduce surface oxidation while maintaining low surface resistance could also be relevant for minimizing dissipation due to two-level systems observed in low-field low-temperature devices. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 369 EP - 373 KW - niobium KW - cavity KW - factory KW - SRF KW - extraction DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUCBA01 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/tucba01.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Sitaraman, N. AU - Arias, T. AU - Baraissov, Z. AU - Gaitan, G. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Muller, D.A. AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Sun, Z. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Progress on Zirconium-Doped Niobium Surfaces J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - The first experimental studies of zirconium-doped surfaces verified that zirconium can enhance the critical temperature of the surface, resulting in a lower BCS resistance than standard-recipe niobium. However, they also produced a disordered oxide layer, resulting in a higher residual resistance than standard-recipe niobium. Here, we show that zirconium-doped surfaces can grow well-behaved thin oxide layers, with a very thin ternary suboxide capped by a passivating ZrO2 surface. The elimination of niobium pentoxide may allow zirconium-doped surfaces to achieve low residual resistance. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 398 EP - 400 KW - niobium KW - ECR KW - vacuum KW - electron KW - superconductivity DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB004 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/tuptb004.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Sun, Z. AU - Baraissov, Z. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Muller, D.A. AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Thompson, M.O. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Materials Design for Superconducting RF Cavities: Electroplating Sn, Zr, and Au onto Nb and and Chemical Vapor Deposition J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Materials scientists seek to contribute to the development of next-generation superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) accelerating cavities. Here, we summarize our achievements and learnings in designing advanced SRF materials and surfaces, including Nb₃Sn [1¿3], ZrNb(CO) [4, 5], and Au/Nb surface design [6,7]. Our efforts involve electrochemical synthesis, phase transformation, and surface chemistry, which are closely coupled with superconducting properties, SRF performance, and engineering considerations. We develop electrochemical processes for Sn, Zr, and Au on the Nb surface, an essential step in our investigation for producing high-quality Nb₃Sn, ZrNb(CO), and Au/Nb structures. Additionally, we design a custom chemical vapor deposition system to offer additional growth options. Notably, we find the second-phase NbC formation in ZrNb(CO) and in ultra-high-vacuum baked or nitrogen-processed Nb. We also identify low-dielectric-loss ZrO2 on Nb and NbZr(CO) surfaces. These advancements provide materials science approaches dealing with fundamental and technical challenges to build high-performance, multi-scale, robust SRF cavities for particle accelerators and quantum applications. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 401 EP - 404 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - plasma KW - controls KW - niobium DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB006 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/tuptb006.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Shemelin, V.D. AU - Liepe, M. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Measurements of High Values of Dielectric Permittivity Using Transmission Lines J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Usage of lossy materials is necessary for absorption of higher order modes excited in the RF cavities. Presently, measurements of lossy materials with usage of transmission lines give errors rapidly increasing with increase of the dielectric permittivity. A method is presented for measurements of high values of dielectric permittivity epsilon in a waveguide at high frequencies with lower errors. This method supplements the method of measurements evolved for low values of epsilon and is close to resonant methods, when a sample is placed into a cavity and the measurement is done at one only frequency. The new approach with use of Microwave Studio simulations makes possible to measure this value in several frequency points at one measurement. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 447 EP - 451 KW - GUI KW - resonance KW - simulation KW - higher-order-mode KW - cavity DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB026 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/tuptb026.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Shemelin, V.D. AU - Yakovlev, V.P. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Equidistant Optimization of Elliptical SRF Standing Wave Cavities J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - A record accelerating rate was achieved earlier in standing wave (SW) SRF cavities when their shape was optimized for lower peak surface magnetic field. In view of new materials with higher limiting magnetic fields, expected for SRF cavities, in the first line Nb₃Sn, the approach to optimization of cavity shape should be revised. A method of equidistant optimization, offered earlier for traveling wave cavities is applied to SW cavities. It is shown here that without limitation by magnetic field, the maximal accelerating rate is defined to a significant degree by the cavity shape. For example, for a cavity with the aperture radius Ra = 35 mm the minimal ratio of the peak surface electric field to the accelerating rate is about Epk/E_{acc} = 1.54. So, with the maximal surface field experimentally achieved E_{p}k ¿ 125 MV/m, the maximal achievable accelerating rate is about 80 MeV/m even if there are no restrictions by the magnetic field. Another opportunity ¿ optimization for a low magnetic field, is opening for the same material, Nb₃Sn, with the purpose to have a high quality factor and increased accelerating rate that can be used for industrial linacs. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 480 EP - 484 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - ECR KW - linac KW - acceleration DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB036 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/tuptb036.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Shpani, L. AU - Arnold, S.G. AU - Gaitan, G. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Porter, R.D. AU - Sitaraman, N. AU - Stilin, N.A. AU - Sun, Z. AU - Verboncoeur, N.M. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Development of High-performance Niobium-3 Tin Cavities at Cornell University J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Niobium-3 tin is a promising material for next-generation superconducting RF cavities due to its high critical temperature and high theoretical field limit. There is currently significant worldwide effort aiming to improve Nb₃Sn growth to push this material to its ultimate performance limits. This talk will present an overview of Nb₃Sn cavity development at Cornell University. One approach we are pursuing is to further advance the vapor diffusion process through optimized nucleation and film thickness. Additionally, we are exploring alternative Nb₃Sn growth methods, such as the development of a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system, as well as Nb₃Sn growth via electrochemical synthesis. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 600 EP - 606 KW - cavity KW - niobium KW - SRF KW - site KW - accelerating-gradient DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-WEIAA04 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/weiaa04.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Verboncoeur, N.M. AU - Holic, A.T. AU - Liepe, M. AU - Oseroff, T.E. AU - Porter, R.D. AU - Sears, J. AU - Shpani, L. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Update on Cornell High Pulsed Power Sample Host Cavity J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - The Cornell High Pulsed Power Sample Host Cavity (CHPPSHC) is designed to measure the temperature-dependent superheating fields of future SRF materials and thereby gain insights into the ultimate limits of their performance. Theoretical estimation of the superheating fields of SRF materials is challenging and mostly has been done for temperatures near the critical temperature or in the infinite kappa limit. Experimental data currently available is incomplete, and often impacted by material defects and their resulting thermal heating, preventing finding the fundamental limits of theses materials. The CHPPSHC system allows reaching RF fields in excess of half a Tesla within microseconds on material samples by utilizing high pulsed power, thereby outrunning thermal effects. We are principally interested in the superheating field of Nb₃Sn, a material of interest for the SRF community, and present here the current fabrication and assembly status of the CHPPSHC as well as early results. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 841 EP - 846 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - coupling KW - pulsed-power KW - simulation DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-WEPWB108 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/wepwb108.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Stilin, N.A. AU - Conklin, H. AU - Gruber, T. AU - Holic, A.T. AU - Liepe, M. AU - O’Connell, T.I. AU - Quigley, P. AU - Sears, J. AU - Shemelin, V.D. AU - Turco, J. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. ED - Thomas, Paul W. TI - Conduction-Cooled SRF Cavities: Opportunities and Challenges J2 - Proc. of SRF2023, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 CY - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 21 LA - english AB - Thanks to improvements in the performance of both commercial cryocoolers and Nb₃Sn-coated superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities, it is now possible to design and build compact, SRF cryomodules without the need for liquid cryogenics. In addition, these systems offer robust, non-expert, turn-key operation, making SRF technology significantly more accessible for smaller-scale applications in fields such as industry, national security, medicine, environmental sustainability, etc. To fully realize these systems, many technical and operational challenges must be overcome. These include properly cooling the SRF cavity via thermal conduction and designing high-power (~ 100 kW continuous) RF couplers which dissipate minimal heat (~ 1 W) at 4.2 K. This presentation will discuss these challenges and the solutions which have been developed at Cornell University and elsewhere. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 973 EP - 977 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - operation KW - cryomodule KW - radio-frequency DA - 2023/09 PY - 2023 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-234-9 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-THIXA05 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2023/papers/thixa05.pdf ER -