18–26 Sept 2025
Ito International Research Center
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Study of multilayer thin-film structures in superconducting acceleration cavities

THP21
25 Sept 2025, 14:30
3h
Ito International Research Center

Ito International Research Center

Tokyo
Board: THP21
Student Poster Presentation MC2: Fundamental SRF research and development Thursday Poster Session

Speaker

Taisei Sasaki (Tohoku University)

Description

Currently, 1.3 GHz Nb superconducting elliptical cavities have achieved accelerating gradients of Eacc ≈ 40 MV/m. In contrast, theoretical predictions suggest that accelerating cavities with multilayer thin-film structures on their inner surfaces might reach gradients of Eacc ≈ 100 MV/m. Such significant performance improvements would represent a major advancement not only in high-energy physics experiments, but also in industrial applications. Previous studies have confirmed the feasibility and effectiveness of forming multilayer thin films on flat samples. The next step is to develop film-deposition techniques suitable for the inner surfaces of cavities. In particular, developing specialized cathodes for sputtering alloy films is a key challenge. Therefore, simulations of sputtering are conducted to analyze the distribution and thickness of the resulting films for the cathode design. Furthermore, by exploring various experimental conditions, thin-film deposition tests will be carried out efficiently for evaluating the performance of multilayer structures. This presentation reports in detail on studies related to thin-film depositions inside superconducting accelerator cavities.

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Author

Taisei Sasaki (Tohoku University)

Co-authors

Takayuki Saeki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization) ryo katayama (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization) Takayuki Kubo (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization) Dr Yoshihisa Iwashita (Osaka University) Yasuhiro Fuwa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Tomoyuki Sanuki (Jikei University School of Medicine)

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