Successful Nitrogen Doping of 1.3 GHz Single Cell Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities

A high intrinsic quality factor(Q_0) of a superconducting radio-frequency cavity is beneficial to reducing the operation costs of superconducting accelerators. Nitrogen doping(N-doping) has been demonstrated as a useful way to improve Q_0 of the superconducting cavity in recent years. N-doping researches with 1.3 GHz single cell cavities are carried out at Peking University and the preliminary results are promising. Our recipe is slightly different from other laboratories. After 250 μm polishing, high pressure rinsing and 3 h high temperature annealing, the cavities are nitrogen doped at 2.7–4.0 Pa for 20 min and then followed by 15 μm electropolishing. Vertical test results show that Q_0 of a 1.3 GHz single cell cavity made of large grain niobium has increased to 4 × 10~(10) at 2.0 K and medium gradient.     

用于射频超导腔制造的大晶粒铌材热导研究（英）

大晶粒铌材由于声子峰效应在2 K温度具有良好的热导,这有助于提高超导腔的热稳定性。对宁夏东方钽业股份有限公司（OTIC）生产的大晶粒铌材在不同热处理条件下的热导和晶格缺陷开展了研究,结果表明经过超过800 ℃的热处理,OTIC的大晶粒铌材能够恢复声子峰,这与之前DESY的测量结果不同。认为用其加工的超导腔有望具备较好热稳定性。