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Roughness analysis applied to niobium thin films grown on MgO(001) surfaces for superconducting radio frequency cavity applications
Beringer, D. B. Lukaszew, R. A. Roach, W. M. Clavero, C. Reece, C. E.
Beringer, D. B.
Lukaszew, R. A.
Roach, W. M.
Clavero, C.
Reece, C. E.
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This paper describes surface studies to address roughness issues inherent to thin film coatings deposited onto superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities. This is particularly relevant for multilayered thin film coatings that are being considered as a possible scheme to overcome technical issues and to surpass the fundamental limit of similar to 50 MV/m accelerating gradient achievable with bulk niobium. In 2006, a model by Gurevich [Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 012511 (2006)] was proposed to overcome this limit that involves coating superconducting layers separated by insulating ones onto the inner walls of the cavities. Thus, we have undertaken a systematic effort to understand the dynamic evolution of the Nb surface under specific deposition thin film conditions onto an insulating surface in order to explore the feasibility of the proposed model. We examine and compare the morphology from two distinct Nb/MgO series, each with its own epitaxial registry, at very low growth rates and closely examine the dynamical scaling of the surface features during growth. Further, we apply analysis techniques such as power spectral density to the specific problem of thin film growth and roughness evolution to qualify the set of deposition conditions that lead to successful SRF coatings. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.022001
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2013-01-01
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Beringer, D. B., Roach, W. M., Clavero, C., Reece, C. E., & Lukaszew, R. A. (2013). Roughness analysis applied to niobium thin films grown on MgO (001) surfaces for superconducting radio frequency cavity applications. Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 16(2), 022001.
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.022001