5th International Workshop on "Thin films applied to Superconducting RF and new ideas for pushing the limits of RF Superconductivity"

Jul 18, 2012, 8:00 AM → Jul 20, 2012, 4:00 PM US/Eastern

F113 (Jefferson Lab)

Anne-Marie Valente-feliciano (JLAB), Larry Phillips (JLAB)

Wednesday, July 18

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

Nametags, paperwork, and visitor WPA2 key

9:00 AM → 10:15 AM Workshop Opening

Convener: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)

9:00 AM Welcome

Speaker: Andrew Hutton (JLab)

9:05 AM Workshop Logistics

Speaker: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)

Slides TFSRF_Intro_slides.pptx

9:15 AM Landscape for SRF Thin Films

Speaker: Larry Phillips (JLab)

Slides LPhillips-TFWorkshop-_Final2.pptx

9:45 AM Accelerator Driven Systems and SRF Thin Films

Speaker: Roland Johnson (Muons Inc.)

Slides TN_New_ADSRTechnology_for_Diesel_Fuel.ppt

10:15 AM → 11:00 AM Session We1: Energetic Condensation

Convener: André Anders (LBL)

10:15 AM Review on Energetic Deposition

Speaker: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)

Slides TFSRF'12-EnergeticCondensationReview-AMVF.pdf

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session We2: Nb films via Energetic condensation

Convener: Mahadevan Krishnan (AASC Inc.)

11:30 AM Niobium coatings for SRF cavities produced by high power impulse magnetron sputtering

Speaker: Rueben Mendelsberg (ANL/LBL)

Slides RJ_Mendelsberg_TFSRF2012_compressed.pptx

12:00 PM Strong localization of ionization in high power impulse magnetron sputtering: An enabling route to niobium plasma coatings of SRF cavities

Speaker: André Anders (LBNL)

Slides Strong_localization_of_ionization_in_high_power_impulse_magnetron_sputtering.pdf

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch Break

Quark Cafe

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Session We3: Nb Films via Energetic Condensation

Convener: Larry Phillips (JLAB)

1:30 PM Nb films produced by Energetic Condensation via ECR

Speaker: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)

Slides TFSRF'12-ECRNbFilms-AMVF.pptx

2:00 PM Understanding of growth mechanism of high RRR Nb films on MgO substrate

Speaker: Zuhawn Sung (FSU)

Slides ZHSung_talk_file_SRF_TF2012.ppt

2:30 PM Superconducting Nb thin film coatings to decrease impedance of unshielded accelerator bellows

Speaker: James Colt (AASC Inc.)

Slides James_NbBellows_rev1c.ppt

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Open Discussion on Energetic condensation & Nb Films

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Break

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Session We4: Materials other than Nb and Multilayers - A15 & MgB2

4:00 PM MgB2 Thin Films for SRF Cavities

Speaker: Xi Xiaoxing (Temple University)

Slides Xiaoxing_Xi.pptx

4:30 PM MgB2 Thin Films for SRF and Microwave Electronic Applications

Speaker: Daniel Oates (MIT Lincoln Lab)

Slides srftf2012_oates.pptx

5:00 PM Thickness dependence of superconducting properties in MgB2 thin films

Speaker: Douglas Beringer (College William & Mary)

Slides Thickness_dependence_of_superconducting_properties_in_MgB2_thin_films.pdf

5:30 PM Composite thin film superconductors for SRF applications grown using energetic condensation

Speaker: Mahadevan Krishnan

Slides Krishnan_TFW_071812.ppt

6:00 PM → 11:00 PM Workshop Dinner

Departure for the Freight Shed at 6:00 pm

Thursday, July 19

8:00 AM → 8:30 AM Continental breakfast

8:30 AM → 10:00 AM Session Th1: Materials other than Nb and Multilayers

Convener: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)

8:30 AM Niobium Nitride Thin Films for Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities

Speaker: William Roach (College William & Mary)

Slides Niobium_Nitride_Thin_Films_for_Superconducting_Radio_Frequency_Cavities.pdf

9:00 AM HIGH TEMPERATURE METATHESIS FOR THE PREPARATION OF Nb3GaAl SUPERCONDUCTORS

Speaker: Enzo Palmieri (INFN-LNL, Italy)

Slides Palmieri_Nb3Ga_TFSRF_NNJuly12.pptx

9:30 AM Improvement of multilayer film growth for accelerator cavity by ECR deposition

Speaker: Jiao Fei (Peking University, China)

Slides ECR_SISE5.5.pptx

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Open Discussion on Materials other than Niobium and Multilayers

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM → 1:00 PM Session Th2: RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory

Convener: Xi Xiaoxing (Temple University)

11:00 AM Crystal quality measurement on Niobium films and bulk materials

Speaker: Xin Zhao (JLab)

Slides Crystal_quality_measurement_on_Niobium_films_and_bulk_materials.pdf

11:30 AM Point Contact Tunneling as a Surface Superconductivity Probe of bulk Nb and (NbxTi1-x )N Thin Films

Speaker: Chaoyue Cao (IIT)

Slides cc_jlab_workshop_Point_Contact_Tunneling_as_a_Surface_Superconductivity_Probe_of_bulk_Nb_and_(NbxTi1-x_)N_Thin_Films.pptx

12:00 PM Studies of magnetic flux distribution in Nb samples by Bitter decoration technique

Speaker: Fedor Barkov (Fermilab)

Slides TFSRF_Studies_of_magnetic_flux_distribution_in_Nb_samples_by_Bitter_decoration_technique.pptx

12:30 PM Comparison of Mesoscopic Nonlinear Electrodynamic Response of Bulk Nb and High Quality MgB2 Films

Speaker: Tamin Tai (University of Maryland)

Slides 2012_Tai_SRF_thin_film_workshop-v2.pptx

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Session Th3: RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory

Convener: Charles Reece (JLab)

2:00 PM Sample testing with the Quadrupole Resonator - A way to obtain RF results over a wide parameter range

Speaker: Sarah Aull (CERN, Switzerland)

Slides Sample_testing_with_the_Quadrupole_Resonator_-_A_way_to_obtain_RF_results_over_a_wide_parameter_range.pdf

2:30 PM TE cavity develpements at Cornell University

Speaker: Yi Xie (Cornell University)

Slides SRF_Thinfilms_Workshop_YiXie.pptx

3:00 PM Evaluation of SRF thin film properties using a microstrip disk resonator

Speaker: Daniel Bowring (LBNL)

Slides Evaluation_of_SRF_thin_film_properties_using_a_microstrip_disk_resonator.pdf

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Break

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM Session Th4: RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory

Convener: Prof. Steven Anlage (University of Maryland)

4:00 PM Near surface superconductivity of niobium cavity cutouts probed by low energy muon spin rotation

Speaker: Anna Grassellino (Fermilab)

Slides Near_surface_superconductivity_of_niobium_cavity_cutouts_probed_by_low_energy_muon_spin_rotation.pdf

4:30 PM Inner workings of the 120C baking effect studied by positron annihilation

Speaker: Alexander Romanenko (Fermilab)

Slides Inner_workings_of_the_120C_baking_effect_studied_by_positron_annihilation.pdf

5:00 PM RF Nonlinearity in Thin-Film and Bulk Superconductors: A Mechanism for Cavity Q-Drop

Speaker: Behnood Ghamsari (University of Maryland)

Slides 2012-TFSRF_BehnoodV2.pptx

5:30 PM → 6:00 PM Open Discussion on RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory

Friday, July 20

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Session Fr1: Innovative processing for SRF surfaces

9:00 AM Development of Plasma Processing Technologies for SRF Cavities

Speaker: Janardan Upadhyay (Old Dominion University)

Slides tfsrf_Development_of_Plasma_Processing_Technologies_for_SRF_Cavities.ppt

9:30 AM Purification of 6GHz resonators at extremely high temperatures at atmospheric pressure

Speaker: Enzo Palmieri (INFN-LNL, Italy)

Slides Palmieri_Friday_Purification_talk.pptx

10:00 AM Fabrication and Testing of ILC Cavities Produced from Seamless Nb Tubes

Speaker: Roy Crooks (Black Labs, LLC)

Slides Fabrication_and_Testing_of_ILC_Cavities_Produced_from_Seamless_Nb_Tubes.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Open Discussion on Innovative processing for SRF Surfaces

11:30 AM → 12:00 PM Workshop summary

12:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch break

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM JLab tour