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Magneto-Thermal Limitations In Superconducting Cavities At High Radio-Frequency Fields, I. Parajuli, G. Ciovati, A. Gurevich Jan 2024

Magneto-Thermal Limitations In Superconducting Cavities At High Radio-Frequency Fields, I. Parajuli, G. Ciovati, A. Gurevich

Physics Faculty Publications

The performance of superconducting radio-frequency Nb cavities at high radio-frequency (rf) fields in the absence of field emission can be limited by either a sharp decrease of the quality factor Q0(Bp) above peak surface magnetic fields Bp ∼100 mT or by a quench. We have measured Q0(Bp) at 2 K of several 1.3 GHz single-cell Nb cavities with different grain sizes, and with different ambient magnetic fields and cooldown rates below the critical temperature. Temperature mapping and a novel magnetic field mapping systems were used to find the location of “hot-spots” …


Quantum Efficiency And Lifetime Study For Negative Electron Affinity Gaas Nanopillar Array Photocathode, Md Aziz Ar Rahman, Md Abdullah Mamun, Shukui Zhang, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali Jan 2023

Quantum Efficiency And Lifetime Study For Negative Electron Affinity Gaas Nanopillar Array Photocathode, Md Aziz Ar Rahman, Md Abdullah Mamun, Shukui Zhang, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Recent studies showed significant improvement in quantum efficiency (QE) by negative electron affinity (NEA) GaAs nanopillar array (NPA) photocathodes over their flat surface peers, particularly at 500 ─ 800 nm waveband. However, the underlying physics is yet to be well understood for further improvement in its performance. In this report, NEA GaAs NPA photocathodes with different dimensions were studied. The diameter of the nanopillars varied from 200 ─ 360 nm, the height varied from 230 ─ 1000 nm and the periodicity varied from 470 ─ 630 nm. The QE and photocathode lifetime were measured. Mie-resonance enhancement was observed at tunable …


Crab Cavities For Ilc, P. A. Mcintosh, S. A. Belomestnykh, G. Burt, R. Calaga, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, I. V. Gonin, T. N. Khabiboulline, A. Lunin, T. Okugi, Y. M. Orlov, S. Verdú-Andrés, B. P. Xiao, V. P. Yakovlev, A. Yamamoto Jan 2023

Crab Cavities For Ilc, P. A. Mcintosh, S. A. Belomestnykh, G. Burt, R. Calaga, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, I. V. Gonin, T. N. Khabiboulline, A. Lunin, T. Okugi, Y. M. Orlov, S. Verdú-Andrés, B. P. Xiao, V. P. Yakovlev, A. Yamamoto

Physics Faculty Publications

For the 14 mrad crossing angle proposed, crab cavity systems are fundamentally anticipated for the viable operation of the International Linear Collider (ILC), in order to maximise its luminosity performance. Since 2021, a specialist development team have been defining optimum crab cavity technologies which can fulfil the operational requirements for ILC, both for its baseline centre-of-mass energy of 250 GeV, but also extending those requirements out to higher beam collision intensities. Five design teams have established crab cavity technology solutions, which have the capability to also operate up to 1 TeV centre-of-mass. This presentation showcases the key performance capabilities of …


Magnetic Field Mapping Of A Large-Grain 1.3 Ghz Single-Cell Cavity, Ishwari Prasad Parajuli, Jean R. Delayen, Alex V. Gurevich, Gianluigi Ciovati Jan 2023

Magnetic Field Mapping Of A Large-Grain 1.3 Ghz Single-Cell Cavity, Ishwari Prasad Parajuli, Jean R. Delayen, Alex V. Gurevich, Gianluigi Ciovati

Physics Faculty Publications

A new magnetic field mapping system for 1.3 GHz single-cell cavities was developed in order to reveal the impact of ambient magnetic field and temperature gradients during cool-down on the flux trapping phenomenon. Measurements were done at 2 K for different cool-down conditions of a large-grain cavity before and after 120 °C bake. The fraction of applied magnetic field trapped in the cavity walls was ~ 50% after slow cool-down and ~ 20% after fast cool-down. The results showed a weak correlation between between trapped flux locations and hot-spots causing the high-field Q-slope. The results also showed an increase of …


Status And Future Plans For C³ R&D, Emilio A. Nanni, Martin Breidenbach, Zenghai Li, Caterina Vernieri, Faya Wang, Glen White, Mei Bai, Sergey Belomestnykh, Pushpalatha Bhat, Tim Barklow, William J. Berg, Valery Borzenets, John Byrd, Ankur Dhar, Ram C. Dhuley, Chris Doss, Joseph Duris, Auralee Edelen, Claudio Emma, Joseph Frisch, Annika Gabriel, Spenser Gessner, Carsten Hast, Chunguang Jing, Arkadiy Klebaner, Dongsung Kim, Anatoly Krasnykh, John Lewellen, Matthias Liepe, Michael Litos, Xueying Lu, Jared Maxon, David Montanari, Pietro Musumeci, Sergei Nagaitsev, Alireza Nassiri, Cho-Kuen Ng, David A. K. Othman, Marco Oriunno, Dennis Palmer, J. Ritchie Patterson, Michael E. Peskin, Thomas J. Peterson, John Power, Ji Qiang, James Rosenzweig, Vladimir Shiltsev, Muhammad Shumail, Evgenya Simakov, Emma Snively, Bruno Spataro, Sami Tantawi, Harry Van Der Graaf, Brandon Weatherford, Juhao Wu, Kent P. Wootton Jan 2023

Status And Future Plans For C³ R&D, Emilio A. Nanni, Martin Breidenbach, Zenghai Li, Caterina Vernieri, Faya Wang, Glen White, Mei Bai, Sergey Belomestnykh, Pushpalatha Bhat, Tim Barklow, William J. Berg, Valery Borzenets, John Byrd, Ankur Dhar, Ram C. Dhuley, Chris Doss, Joseph Duris, Auralee Edelen, Claudio Emma, Joseph Frisch, Annika Gabriel, Spenser Gessner, Carsten Hast, Chunguang Jing, Arkadiy Klebaner, Dongsung Kim, Anatoly Krasnykh, John Lewellen, Matthias Liepe, Michael Litos, Xueying Lu, Jared Maxon, David Montanari, Pietro Musumeci, Sergei Nagaitsev, Alireza Nassiri, Cho-Kuen Ng, David A. K. Othman, Marco Oriunno, Dennis Palmer, J. Ritchie Patterson, Michael E. Peskin, Thomas J. Peterson, John Power, Ji Qiang, James Rosenzweig, Vladimir Shiltsev, Muhammad Shumail, Evgenya Simakov, Emma Snively, Bruno Spataro, Sami Tantawi, Harry Van Der Graaf, Brandon Weatherford, Juhao Wu, Kent P. Wootton

Physics Faculty Publications

C3 is an opportunity to realize an e+e- collider for the study of the Higgs boson at √s = 250 GeV, with a well defined upgrade path to 550 GeV while staying on the same short facility footprint [2,3]. C3 is based on a fundamentally new approach to normal conducting linear accelerators that achieves both high gradient and high efficiency at relatively low cost. Given the advanced state of linear collider designs, the key system that requires technical maturation for C3 is the main linac. This paper presents the staged approach towards a …


Tuning Microwave Losses In Superconducting Resonators, Alex Gurevich Jan 2023

Tuning Microwave Losses In Superconducting Resonators, Alex Gurevich

Physics Faculty Publications

Performance of superconducting resonators, particularly cavities for particle accelerators and micro cavities and thin film resonators for quantum computations and photon detectors has been improved substantially by recent materials treatments and technological advances. As a result, the niobium cavities have reached the quality factors Q ~ 1011 at 1-2 GHz and 1.5 K and the breakdown radio-frequency (rf) fields H close to the dc superheating eld of the Meissner state. These advances raise the question whether the state-of-the-art cavities are close to the fundamental limits, what these limits actually are, and to what extent the Q and H limits …


Light Water Sustainability Program: Optimizing Information Automation Using A New Method Based On System-Theoretic Process Analysis, Jeffrey Joe, Larry Hettinger, Marvin Dainoff, Patrick Murray, Yusuke Yamani Jan 2023

Light Water Sustainability Program: Optimizing Information Automation Using A New Method Based On System-Theoretic Process Analysis, Jeffrey Joe, Larry Hettinger, Marvin Dainoff, Patrick Murray, Yusuke Yamani

Psychology Faculty Publications

This report describes the interim progress for research supporting the design and optimization of information automation systems for nuclear power plants. Much of the domestic nuclear fleet is currently focused on modernizing technologies and processes, including transitioning toward digitalization in the control room and elsewhere throughout the plant, along with a greater use of automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging technologies. While there are significant opportunities to apply these technologies toward greater plant safety, efficiency, and overall cost-effectiveness, optimizing their design and avoiding potential safety and performance risks depends on ensuring that human-performance-related organizational and technical design issues are …


Generation And Characterization Of Magnetized Electron Beam From A Dc High Voltage Photogun For Electron Beam Cooling Application, S.A.K. Wijethunga, M. A. Mamun, R. Suleiman, P. Adderley, B. Bullard, J. Benesch, Jean R. Delayen, J. Grames, C. Hernandez-Garcia, F. Hannon, Geoffrey A. Krafft, G. Palacios-Serrano, M. Poelker, M. Stefani, Y. Wang, S. Zhang Jan 2023

Generation And Characterization Of Magnetized Electron Beam From A Dc High Voltage Photogun For Electron Beam Cooling Application, S.A.K. Wijethunga, M. A. Mamun, R. Suleiman, P. Adderley, B. Bullard, J. Benesch, Jean R. Delayen, J. Grames, C. Hernandez-Garcia, F. Hannon, Geoffrey A. Krafft, G. Palacios-Serrano, M. Poelker, M. Stefani, Y. Wang, S. Zhang

Physics Faculty Publications

One of the most challenging requirements for the proposed Electron–Ion Collider is the strong cooling of the proton beam, which is key to achieving the collider’s desired luminosity of order 1033–1034cm−2s−1. Magnetized bunched-beam electron cooling could be a means to achieve the required high luminosity, where strong cooling is accomplished inside a cooling solenoid where the ions co-propagate with an electron beam generated from a source immersed in a magnetic field. To increase the cooling efficiency, a bunched electron beam with high bunch charge and high repetition rate is required. This work …


Development Of A Prototype Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity For Conduction Cooled Accelerators, Gianluigi Ciovati, J. Anderson, S. Balachandran, G. Cheng, B. Coritron, E. Daly, P. Dhakal, Alex Gurevich, F. Hannon, K. Harding, L. Holland, F. Marhauser, K. Mclaughlin, D. Packard, T. Powers, U. Pudasaini, J. Rathke, R. Rimmer, T. Schultheiss, H. Vennekate, D. Vollmer Jan 2023

Development Of A Prototype Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity For Conduction Cooled Accelerators, Gianluigi Ciovati, J. Anderson, S. Balachandran, G. Cheng, B. Coritron, E. Daly, P. Dhakal, Alex Gurevich, F. Hannon, K. Harding, L. Holland, F. Marhauser, K. Mclaughlin, D. Packard, T. Powers, U. Pudasaini, J. Rathke, R. Rimmer, T. Schultheiss, H. Vennekate, D. Vollmer

Physics Faculty Publications

The higher efficiency of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities compared to normal -conducting ones enables the development of high-energy continuous-wave linear accelerators (linacs). Recent progress in the development of high-quality Nb3Sn film coatings along with the availability of cryocoolers with high cooling capacity at 4 K makes it feasible to operate SRF cavities cooled by thermal conduction at relevant accelerating gradients for use in accelerators. A possible use of conduction-cooled SRF linacs is for environmental applications, requiring electron beams with energy of 1-10 MeV and 1 MW of power. We have designed a 915 MHz SRF linac for such …


Characterization Of Dissipative Regions Of A N-Doped Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity, Eric M. Lechner, Basu Dev Oli, Junki Makita, Gianluigi Ciovati, Alex Gurevich, Maria Lavarone Jan 2023

Characterization Of Dissipative Regions Of A N-Doped Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity, Eric M. Lechner, Basu Dev Oli, Junki Makita, Gianluigi Ciovati, Alex Gurevich, Maria Lavarone

Physics Faculty Publications

We report radio-frequency measurements of quality factors and temperature mapping of a nitrogen doped Nb superconducting RF cavity. Cavity cutouts of hot and cold spots were studied with low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and secondary electron microscopy. Temperature mapping revealed a substantial reduction of the residual resistance upon cooling the cavity with a greater temperature gradient and hysteretic losses at the quench location, pointing to trapped vortices as the dominant source of residual surface resistance.Analysis of the tunneling spectra in the framework of a proximity effect theory shows that hot spots have a reduced pair …


Surface Properties And Rf Performance Of Vapor Diffused Nb₃Sn On Nb After Sequential Anneals Below 1000 °C, Jayendrika K. Tiskumara, Jean R. Delayen, U. Pudasaini, G. Eremeev Jan 2023

Surface Properties And Rf Performance Of Vapor Diffused Nb₃Sn On Nb After Sequential Anneals Below 1000 °C, Jayendrika K. Tiskumara, Jean R. Delayen, U. Pudasaini, G. Eremeev

Physics Faculty Publications

Nb₃Sn is a next-generation superconducting material that can be used for future superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) accelerator cavities, promising better performance, cost reduction, and higher operating temperature than Nb. The Sn vapor diffusion method is currently the most preferred and successful technique to coat niobium cavities with Nb₃Sn. Among post-coating treatments to optimize the coating quality, higher temperature annealing without Sn is known to degrade Nb₃Sn because of Sn loss. We have investigated Nb₃Sn/Nb samples briefly annealed at 800-1000 °C, for 10 and 20 minutes to potentially improve the surface to enhance the performance of Nb₃Sn-coated cavities. Following the sample studies, …


Development And Performance Of Rfd Crab Cavity Prototypes For Hl-Lhc Aup, L. Listori, P. Berrutti, M. Narduzzi, A. Castilla, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, N. A. Huque, Z. Li, A. Ratti Jan 2023

Development And Performance Of Rfd Crab Cavity Prototypes For Hl-Lhc Aup, L. Listori, P. Berrutti, M. Narduzzi, A. Castilla, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, N. A. Huque, Z. Li, A. Ratti

Physics Faculty Publications

The US will be contributing to the HL-LHC upgrade at CERN with the fabrication and qualification of RFD crabbing cavities in the framework of the HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project (AUP) managed by Fermilab. AUP received Critical Decision 3 (CD-3) approval by DOE in December 2020 launching the project into the production phase. The electro-magnetic design of the cavity was inherited from the LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) but needed to be revised to meet new project requirements and to prevent issues encountered during beam tests performed at CERN in the R&D phase. Two prototype cavities were manufactured in industry and …


Eic 197 Mhz Crab Cavity Rf Optimization, Zenghai Li, Subashini U. De Silva, Jean R. Delayen, Robert A. Rimmer, Qiong Wu, Binping Xiao, Wencan Xu Jan 2023

Eic 197 Mhz Crab Cavity Rf Optimization, Zenghai Li, Subashini U. De Silva, Jean R. Delayen, Robert A. Rimmer, Qiong Wu, Binping Xiao, Wencan Xu

Physics Faculty Publications

Crab cavities, operating at 197 MHz and 394 MHz respectively, will be used to compensate the loss of luminosity due to a 25 mrad crossing angle at the interaction point in the Electron Ion Collider (EIC). Both crab cavities are of the RF Dipole (RFD) shape. To meet the machine design requirements, there are a few important cavity design considerations that need to be addressed. First, to achieve stable cavity operation at the design voltages, cavity geometry details must be optimized to suppress potential multipacting. Incorporating strong HOM damping in the cavity design is required for the beam stability and …


First Use Of A Longitudinally Polarized Target With Clas12, C. D. Keith, J. Brock, C. Carlin, T. Kageya, V. Lagerquist, J. Maxwell, P. Pandey Jan 2023

First Use Of A Longitudinally Polarized Target With Clas12, C. D. Keith, J. Brock, C. Carlin, T. Kageya, V. Lagerquist, J. Maxwell, P. Pandey

Physics Faculty Publications

Run Group C comprises eight experiments utilizing the CLAS12 detector system in Hall B at Jefferson Lab to study the multidimensional partonic structure of nucleons. The experiments scatter electrons from polarized protons and neutrons in samples of solid NH3 and ND3, dynamically polarized at a temperature of 1 K in a 5 T magnetic field. After a brief description of the target system, the current status of the target and preliminary results of its performance in the experiment are presented.


Superconducting Non-Elliptical Cavities (Tem Cavity Designs), Subashini De Silva Jan 2023

Superconducting Non-Elliptical Cavities (Tem Cavity Designs), Subashini De Silva

Physics Faculty Publications

This lecture will present fundamental of RF to accelerate or reflect beams. The lecture will cover the electrical design method of the SRF high/medium/low beta cavities. The difference in the cavity design between TM mode and TE will be emphasized.


Superheating Field In Superconductors With Nanostructured Surfaces, W. P. M. R. Pathirana, A. Gurevich Jan 2023

Superheating Field In Superconductors With Nanostructured Surfaces, W. P. M. R. Pathirana, A. Gurevich

Physics Faculty Publications

We report calculations of a dc superheating field Hsh in superconductors with nanostructured surfaces. Numerical simulations of the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equations were performed for a superconductor with an inhomogeneous impurity concentration, a thin superconducting layer on top of another superconductor, and superconductor-insulator-superconductor (S-I-S) multilayers.The superheating field was calculated taking into account the instability of the Meissner state with a nonzero wavelength along the surface, which is essential for realistic values of the GL parameter κ. Simulations were done for the materials parameters of Nb and Nb3Sn at different values of κ and the mean free paths. We …


Investigation Of The Multilayer Shielding Effect Through Nbtin-Ain Coated Bulk Niobium, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne, D. R. Beverstock, A-M Valente-Feliciano, Alex Gurevich, Jean R. Delayen Jan 2023

Investigation Of The Multilayer Shielding Effect Through Nbtin-Ain Coated Bulk Niobium, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne, D. R. Beverstock, A-M Valente-Feliciano, Alex Gurevich, Jean R. Delayen

Physics Faculty Publications

We report measurements of the dc field onset Bp of magnetic flux penetration through NbTiN-AlN coating on bulk niobium using the Hall probe experimental setup. The measurements of Bp reveal the multilayer shielding effect on bulk niobium under high magnetic fields at cryogenic temperatures. We observed a significant enhancement in Bp for the NbTiN-AlN coated Nb samples as compared to bare Nb samples. The observed dependence of Bp on the coating thickness is consistent with theoretical predictions.


Quantum Efficiency Enhancement In Simulated Nanostructured Negative Electron Affinity Gaas Photocathodes, Md Aziz Ar Rahman, Shukui Zhang, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali Jan 2023

Quantum Efficiency Enhancement In Simulated Nanostructured Negative Electron Affinity Gaas Photocathodes, Md Aziz Ar Rahman, Shukui Zhang, Hani E. Elsayed-Ali

Physics Faculty Publications

Nanostructured negative electron affinity GaAs photocathodes for a polarized electron source are studied using finite difference time domain optical simulation. The structures studied are nanosquare columns, truncated nanocones, and truncated nanopyramids. Mie-type resonances in the 700–800 nm waveband, suitable for generation of polarized electrons, are identified. At resonance wavelengths, the nanostructures can absorb up to 99% of the incident light. For nanosquare columns and truncated nanocones, the maximum quantum efficiency (QE) at 780 nm obtained from simulation is 27%, whereas for simulated nanopyramids, the QE is ∼21%. The high photocathode quantum efficiency is due to the shift of Mie resonance …


Modeling A Nb3Sn Cryounit In Gpt At Uitf, Sunil Pokharel, A. S. Hofler, Geoffrey A. Krafft Jan 2023

Modeling A Nb3Sn Cryounit In Gpt At Uitf, Sunil Pokharel, A. S. Hofler, Geoffrey A. Krafft

Physics Faculty Publications

Nb3Sn is a prospective material for future superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerator cavities. Compared to conventional niobium, the material can achieve higher quality factors, higher temperature operation, and potentially higher accelerating gradients (Eacc ≈ 96 MV/m). In this work, we performed modeling of the Upgraded Injector Test Facility (UITF) at Jefferson Lab utilizing newly constructed Nb3Sn cavities. We studied the effects of the buncher cavity and varied the gun voltage from 200-500 keV. We have calibrated and optimized the SRF cavity gradients and phases for the Nb3Sn five-cell cavities' energy gains with the …


Scattered Spectra From Inverse Compton Sources Operating At High Laser Fields And High Electron Energies, Geoffrey A. Krafft, Balša Terzić, Erik Johnson, G. Wilson Jan 2023

Scattered Spectra From Inverse Compton Sources Operating At High Laser Fields And High Electron Energies, Geoffrey A. Krafft, Balša Terzić, Erik Johnson, G. Wilson

Physics Faculty Publications

As Compton x-ray and gamma-ray sources become more prevalent, to understand their performance in a precise way, it becomes important to be able to compute the distribution of scattered photons precisely. For example, codes have been developed at Old Dominion University which were used to understand the performance of the Dresden Compton Source in detail. An ideal model would (i) include the full Compton effect frequency relations between incident and scattered photons, (ii) allow the field strength to be large enough that nonlinear effects are captured, and (iii) allow the effects of electron beam emittance to be introduced and studied. …


Cavity And Cryomodule Developments For Eic, R. A. Rimmer, E. Daly, J. Guo, J. Henry, J. Matalevich, H. Wang, S. Wang, D. Holmes, K. Smith, W. Xu, A. Zaltsman, B. Xiao, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen Jan 2023

Cavity And Cryomodule Developments For Eic, R. A. Rimmer, E. Daly, J. Guo, J. Henry, J. Matalevich, H. Wang, S. Wang, D. Holmes, K. Smith, W. Xu, A. Zaltsman, B. Xiao, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen

Physics Faculty Publications

The EIC is a major new project under construction at BNL in partnership with JLab. It relies upon a number of new SRF cavities at 197 MHz, 394 MHz, 591 MHz and 1773 MHz to pre-bunch, accelerate, cool and crab the stored beams. R&D is focusing on the 591 MHz elliptical cavity and 197 MHz crab cavity first as these are the most challenging. Preliminary designs of these cavities are presented along with an R&D status report. To avoid developing multiple different cryostats a modular approach is adopted using a high degree of commonality of parts and systems. This approach …


Fabrication And Testing Of A Prototype Rf-Dipole Crabbing Cavity, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, H. Park Jan 2023

Fabrication And Testing Of A Prototype Rf-Dipole Crabbing Cavity, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, H. Park

Physics Faculty Publications

Crabbing cavities are essential in particle colliders to compensate the luminosity degradation due to beam collision at a crossing angle. The 952.6 MHz 2-cell rf-dipole crabbing cavity system was proposed for the Jefferson Lab Electron-Ion Collider to restore the head-on collisions of electron and proton bunches at the interaction point. A prototype cavity was designed and developed to demonstrate the performance of multi-cell rf-dipole structures. This paper presents the fabrication process and cold test results of the first 2-cell rf-dipole prototype cavity.


Temperature, Rf Field, And Frequency Dependence Performance Evaluation Of Superconducting Niobium Half-Wave Coaxial Cavity, N. K. Raut, G. Ciovati, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, P. Dhakal, B. D. Khanal, J. K. Tiskumara Jan 2023

Temperature, Rf Field, And Frequency Dependence Performance Evaluation Of Superconducting Niobium Half-Wave Coaxial Cavity, N. K. Raut, G. Ciovati, S. U. De Silva, J. R. Delayen, P. Dhakal, B. D. Khanal, J. K. Tiskumara

Physics Faculty Publications

Recent advancement in superconducting radio frequency cavity processing techniques, with diffusion of impurities within the RF penetration depth, resulted in high quality factor with increase in quality factor with increasing accelerating gradient. The increase in quality factor is the result of a decrease in the surface resistance as a result of nonmagnetic impurities doping and change in electronic density of states. The fundamental understanding of the dependence of surface resistance on frequency and surface preparation is still an active area of research. Here, we present the result of RF measurements of the TEM modes in a coaxial half-wave niobium cavity …


Real-Time Cavity Fault Prediction In Cebaf Using Deep Learning, Md. M. Rahman, K. Iftekharuddin, A. Carptenter, T. Mcguckin, C. Tennant, L. Vidyaratne, Sandra Biedron (Ed.), Evgenya Simakov (Ed.), Stephen Milton (Ed.), Petr M. Anisimov (Ed.), Volker R.W. Schaa (Ed.) Jan 2022

Real-Time Cavity Fault Prediction In Cebaf Using Deep Learning, Md. M. Rahman, K. Iftekharuddin, A. Carptenter, T. Mcguckin, C. Tennant, L. Vidyaratne, Sandra Biedron (Ed.), Evgenya Simakov (Ed.), Stephen Milton (Ed.), Petr M. Anisimov (Ed.), Volker R.W. Schaa (Ed.)

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Data-driven prediction of future faults is a major research area for many industrial applications. In this work, we present a new procedure of real-time fault prediction for superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) using deep learning. CEBAF has been afflicted by frequent downtime caused by SRF cavity faults. We perform fault prediction using pre-fault RF signals from C100-type cryomodules. Using the pre-fault signal information, the new algorithm predicts the type of cavity fault before the actual onset. The early prediction may enable potential mitigation strategies to prevent the fault. In our work, we apply …


Nonlinear Meissner Effect In Nb3Sn Coplanar Resonators, Junki Makita, C. Sundahl, Gianluigi Ciovati, C. B. Eom, Alex Gurevich Jan 2022

Nonlinear Meissner Effect In Nb3Sn Coplanar Resonators, Junki Makita, C. Sundahl, Gianluigi Ciovati, C. B. Eom, Alex Gurevich

Physics Faculty Publications

We investigated the nonlinear Meissner effect (NLME) in Nb3Sn thin-film coplanar resonators by measuring the resonance frequency as a function of a parallel magnetic field at different temperatures. We used low rf power probing in films thinner than the London penetration depth λ(B) to significantly increase the field onset of vortex penetration and measure the NLME under equilibrium conditions. Contrary to the conventional quadratic increase of λ(B) with B expected in s-wave superconductors, we observed a nearly linear increase of the penetration depth with B. We concluded that this behavior of λ(B) is due to weak linked grain …


Samples For 3rd Harmonic Magnetometry Assessment Of Nbtin-Based Sis Structures, D.R. Beverstock, C.Z. Antoine, Jean R. Delayen, D. Manos, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne, J. K. Spradlin, A-M. Valente-Feliciano Jan 2022

Samples For 3rd Harmonic Magnetometry Assessment Of Nbtin-Based Sis Structures, D.R. Beverstock, C.Z. Antoine, Jean R. Delayen, D. Manos, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne, J. K. Spradlin, A-M. Valente-Feliciano

Physics Faculty Publications

In the quest for alternative superconducting materials to bring accelerator cavity performance beyond the bulk niobium (Nb) intrinsic limits, a promising concept uses superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) thin film structures that allows magnetic flux shielding in accelerator cavities to higher fields [1]. Candidate materials for such structures are NbTiN as the superconductor and AlN as the insulator. We have demonstrated high quality NbTiN and AlN deposited by reactive DC magnetron sputtering (DCMS), both for individual layers and multilayers. Interface quality has been assessed for bilayer stacks with 250 nm NbTiN layers and AlN thicknesses from 30 nm down to1 nm. These SIS …


High Resolution Diagnostic Tools For Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities, I. Parajuli, G. Ciovati, J. R. Delayen Jan 2022

High Resolution Diagnostic Tools For Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities, I. Parajuli, G. Ciovati, J. R. Delayen

Physics Faculty Publications

Superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities are one of the fundamental building blocks of modern particle accelerators. To achieve the highest quality factors (1010–1011), SRF cavities are operated at liquid helium temperatures. Magnetic flux trapped on the surface of SRF cavities during cool-down below the critical temperature is one of the leading sources of residual RF losses. Instruments capable of detecting the distribution of trapped flux on the cavity surface are in high demand in order to better understand its relation to the cavity material, surface treatments and environmental conditions. We have designed, developed, and commissioned two high-resolution …


Deep Learning Based Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity Fault Classification At Jefferson Laboratory, Lasitha Vidyaratne, Adam Carpenter, Tom Powers, Chris Tennant, Khan M. Iftekharuddin, Md. Monibor Rahman, Anna S. Shabalina Jan 2022

Deep Learning Based Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavity Fault Classification At Jefferson Laboratory, Lasitha Vidyaratne, Adam Carpenter, Tom Powers, Chris Tennant, Khan M. Iftekharuddin, Md. Monibor Rahman, Anna S. Shabalina

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This work investigates the efficacy of deep learning (DL) for classifying C100 superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavity faults in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab. CEBAF is a large, high-power continuous wave recirculating linac that utilizes 418 SRF cavities to accelerate electrons up to 12 GeV. Recent upgrades to CEBAF include installation of 11 new cryomodules (88 cavities) equipped with a low-level RF system that records RF time-series data from each cavity at the onset of an RF failure. Typically, subject matter experts (SME) analyze this data to determine the fault type and identify the cavity of …


Beamline For E-Beam Processing At Uitf, G. Ciovati, C. Bott, S. Gregory, F. Hannon, Xi Li, M. Mccaughan, R. Pearce, M. Poelker, H. Vennekate Jan 2022

Beamline For E-Beam Processing At Uitf, G. Ciovati, C. Bott, S. Gregory, F. Hannon, Xi Li, M. Mccaughan, R. Pearce, M. Poelker, H. Vennekate

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

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Improving The Electrostatic Design Of The Jefferson Lab 300 Kv Dc Photogun, S.A.K. Wijethunga, M. A. Mamun, R. Suleiman, C. Hernandez-Garcia, B. Bullard, J. R. Delayen, J. Grames, G. A. Krafft, G. Palacios-Serrano, M. Poelker Jan 2022

Improving The Electrostatic Design Of The Jefferson Lab 300 Kv Dc Photogun, S.A.K. Wijethunga, M. A. Mamun, R. Suleiman, C. Hernandez-Garcia, B. Bullard, J. R. Delayen, J. Grames, G. A. Krafft, G. Palacios-Serrano, M. Poelker

Physics Faculty Publications

The 300 kV DC high voltage photogun at Jefferson Lab was redesigned to deliver electron beams with a much higher bunch charge and improved beam properties. The original design provided only a modest longitudinal electric field (Ez) at the photocathode, which limited the achievable extracted bunch charge. To reach the bunch charge goal of approximately few nC with 75 ps full-width at half-maximum Gaussian laser pulse width, the existing DC high voltage photogun electrodes and anode–cathode gap were modified to increase Ez at the photocathode. In addition, the anode aperture was spatially shifted with respect to the beamline longitudinal axis …