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

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F113 (Jefferson Lab)

F113

Jefferson Lab
Anne-Marie Valente-feliciano (JLAB), Larry Phillips (JLAB)
  • Wed, July 18
    • 8:30 AM
      Registration and Continental Breakfast

      Nametags, paperwork, and visitor WPA2 key

    • Workshop Opening
      Convener: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)
      • 1
        Welcome
        Speaker: Andrew Hutton (JLab)
      • 2
        Workshop Logistics
        Speaker: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)
        Slides
      • 3
        Landscape for SRF Thin Films
        Speaker: Larry Phillips (JLab)
        Slides
      • 4
        Accelerator Driven Systems and SRF Thin Films
        Speaker: Roland Johnson (Muons Inc.)
        Slides
    • Session We1: Energetic Condensation
      Convener: André Anders (LBL)
      • 5
        Review on Energetic Deposition
        Speaker: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)
        Slides
    • 11:00 AM
      Break
    • Session We2: Nb films via Energetic condensation
      Convener: Mahadevan Krishnan (AASC Inc.)
      • 6
        Niobium coatings for SRF cavities produced by high power impulse magnetron sputtering
        Speaker: Rueben Mendelsberg (ANL/LBL)
        Slides
      • 7
        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
    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch Break

      Quark Cafe

    • Session We3: Nb Films via Energetic Condensation
      Convener: Larry Phillips (JLAB)
      • 8
        Nb films produced by Energetic Condensation via ECR
        Speaker: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)
        Slides
      • 9
        Understanding of growth mechanism of high RRR Nb films on MgO substrate
        Speaker: Zuhawn Sung (FSU)
        Slides
      • 10
        Superconducting Nb thin film coatings to decrease impedance of unshielded accelerator bellows
        Speaker: James Colt (AASC Inc.)
        Slides
    • Open Discussion on Energetic condensation & Nb Films
    • 3:30 PM
      Break
    • Session We4: Materials other than Nb and Multilayers - A15 & MgB2
      • 11
        MgB2 Thin Films for SRF Cavities
        Speaker: Xi Xiaoxing (Temple University)
        Slides
      • 12
        MgB2 Thin Films for SRF and Microwave Electronic Applications
        Speaker: Daniel Oates (MIT Lincoln Lab)
        Slides
      • 13
        Thickness dependence of superconducting properties in MgB2 thin films
        Speaker: Douglas Beringer (College William & Mary)
        Slides
      • 14
        Composite thin film superconductors for SRF applications grown using energetic condensation
        Speaker: Mahadevan Krishnan
        Slides
    • 6:00 PM
      Workshop Dinner

      Departure for the Freight Shed at 6:00 pm

  • Thu, July 19
    • 8:00 AM
      Continental breakfast
    • Session Th1: Materials other than Nb and Multilayers
      Convener: Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano (JLAB)
      • 15
        Niobium Nitride Thin Films for Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities
        Speaker: William Roach (College William & Mary)
        Slides
      • 16
        HIGH TEMPERATURE METATHESIS FOR THE PREPARATION OF Nb3GaAl SUPERCONDUCTORS
        Speaker: Enzo Palmieri (INFN-LNL, Italy)
        Slides
      • 17
        Improvement of multilayer film growth for accelerator cavity by ECR deposition
        Speaker: Jiao Fei (Peking University, China)
        Slides
    • Open Discussion on Materials other than Niobium and Multilayers
    • 10:30 AM
      Break
    • Session Th2: RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory
      Convener: Xi Xiaoxing (Temple University)
      • 18
        Crystal quality measurement on Niobium films and bulk materials
        Speaker: Xin Zhao (JLab)
        Slides
      • 19
        Point Contact Tunneling as a Surface Superconductivity Probe of bulk Nb and (NbxTi1-x )N Thin Films
        Speaker: Chaoyue Cao (IIT)
        Slides
      • 20
        Studies of magnetic flux distribution in Nb samples by Bitter decoration technique
        Speaker: Fedor Barkov (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 21
        Comparison of Mesoscopic Nonlinear Electrodynamic Response of Bulk Nb and High Quality MgB2 Films
        Speaker: Tamin Tai (University of Maryland)
        Slides
    • 1:00 PM
      Lunch Break
    • Session Th3: RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory
      Convener: Charles Reece (JLab)
      • 22
        Sample testing with the Quadrupole Resonator - A way to obtain RF results over a wide parameter range
        Speaker: Sarah Aull (CERN, Switzerland)
        Slides
      • 23
        TE cavity develpements at Cornell University
        Speaker: Yi Xie (Cornell University)
        Slides
      • 24
        Evaluation of SRF thin film properties using a microstrip disk resonator
        Speaker: Daniel Bowring (LBNL)
        Slides
    • 3:30 PM
      Break
    • Session Th4: RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory
      Convener: Prof. Steven Anlage (University of Maryland)
      • 25
        Near surface superconductivity of niobium cavity cutouts probed by low energy muon spin rotation
        Speaker: Anna Grassellino (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 26
        Inner workings of the 120C baking effect studied by positron annihilation
        Speaker: Alexander Romanenko (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 27
        RF Nonlinearity in Thin-Film and Bulk Superconductors: A Mechanism for Cavity Q-Drop
        Speaker: Behnood Ghamsari (University of Maryland)
        Slides
    • Open Discussion on RF Performance, Material Analyses & Theory
  • Fri, July 20
    • 8:30 AM
      Continental Breakfast
    • Session Fr1: Innovative processing for SRF surfaces
      • 28
        Development of Plasma Processing Technologies for SRF Cavities
        Speaker: Janardan Upadhyay (Old Dominion University)
        Slides
      • 29
        Purification of 6GHz resonators at extremely high temperatures at atmospheric pressure
        Speaker: Enzo Palmieri (INFN-LNL, Italy)
        Slides
      • 30
        Fabrication and Testing of ILC Cavities Produced from Seamless Nb Tubes
        Speaker: Roy Crooks (Black Labs, LLC)
        Slides
    • 10:30 AM
      Break
    • Open Discussion on Innovative processing for SRF Surfaces
    • Workshop summary
    • 12:00 PM
      Lunch break
    • JLab tour
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