A low energy muon spin rotation and point contact tunneling study of niobium films prepared for superconducting cavities

Autor: Junginger, T., Calatroni, S., Sublet, A., Terenziani, G., Prokscha, T., Salman, Z., Proslier, T., Zasadzinski, J.
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: 2017 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 30 125013
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/aa8926
Popis: Point contact tunneling (PCT) and low energy muon spin rotation (LE-muSR) are used to probe, on the same samples, the surface superconducting properties of micrometer thick niobium films deposited onto copper substrates using different sputtereing techniques: diode, dc magnetron (dcMS) and HIPIMS. The combined results are compared to radio-frequency tests performances of RF cavities made with the same processes. Degraded surface superconducting properties are found to yield lower quality factors and stronger Q slope. In addition, both techniques find evidence for surface paramagnetism on all samples and particularly on Nb films prepared by HIPIMS.
Databáze: arXiv