Speaker
Liana Shpani
(Cornell University (CLASSE))
Description
Nb$_3$Sn is the most promising alternative material for the future of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) technology, steadily advancing towards practical applications. Having a critical temperature twice that of niobium, Nb$_3$Sn offers the potential for developing smaller, more powerful, and more efficient accelerators. We have designed a comprehensive study to synthesize and characterize substrate treatments at nucleation temperatures following the thermal vapor diffusion growth process to improve the uniformity of Nb$_3$Sn coatings, pushing its performance closer to fundamental limits.
Funding Agency
Work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-1549132, the Center for Bright Beams and U.S. DOE grant No. DE-SC0008431.
Primary author
Liana Shpani
(Cornell University (CLASSE))
Co-authors
Chi Wang
(National Cheng Kung University)
Helena Lew-Kiedrowska
(The University of Chicago)
Matthias Liepe
(Cornell University (CLASSE))
Steven Sibener
(The University of Chicago)
Van Do
(The University of Chicago)
