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most citedUnprecedented Quality Factors at Accelerating Gradients up to 45 MV/m in Niobium Superconducting Resonators via Low Temperature Nitrogen Infusion

153 citations · 444 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

physics.acc-ph2023

Multipacting Processing in Cryomodules For LCLS-II And LCLS-II-HE

A. Cravatta, T. Arkan, D. Bafia +12

Multipacting (MP) is a phenomenon which can affect stability in particle accelerators and limit performance in superconducting radio frequency cavities. In the TESLA shaped, 1.3 GH…

physics.acc-ph2022

HELEN: A Linear Collider Based On Advanced SRF Technology

S. Belomestnykh, P. C. Bhat, M. Checchin +9

This paper discusses recently proposed Higgs Energy LEptoN (HELEN) linear collider based on advances in superconducting radio frequency technology. The collider offers cost…

physics.acc-ph2022

200 MV Record Voltage Of vCM And LCLS-II-HE Cryomodules Production Start At Fermilab

T. Arkan, J. Kaluzny, D. Bafia +11

The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is an X-ray science facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The LCLS-II project (an upgrade to LCLS) is in the commissioning phase;…

quant-ph2022★ 24 cited

Quantum computing hardware for HEP algorithms and sensing

M. Sohaib Alam, Sergey Belomestnykh, Nicholas Bornman +37

Quantum information science harnesses the principles of quantum mechanics to realize computational algorithms with complexities vastly intractable by current computer platforms. Ty…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 5 cited

Key directions for research and development of superconducting radio frequency cavities

S. Belomestnykh, S. Posen, D. Bafia +53

Radio frequency superconductivity is a cornerstone technology for many future HEP particle accelerators and experiments from colliders to proton drivers for neutrino facilities to…

hep-ph2022★ 19 cited

Searches for New Particles, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves with SRF Cavities

Asher Berlin, Sergey Belomestnykh, Diego Blas +33

This is a Snowmass white paper on the utility of existing and future superconducting cavities to probe fundamental physics. Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity technology…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 2 cited

Plasma Processing for In-Situ Field Emission Mitigation of Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) Cryomodules

M. Martinello, P. Berrutti, B. Giaccone +14

Field emission (FE) is one of the main limiting factors of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities operating in accelerators and it occurs whenever contaminants, like dust,…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 2 cited

Higgs-Energy LEptoN (HELEN) Collider based on advanced superconducting radio frequency technology

S. Belomestnykh, P. C. Bhat, A. Grassellino +15

This Snowmass 2021 contributed paper discusses a Higgs-Energy LEptoN (HELEN) linear collider based on advances superconducting radio frequency technology. The proposed col…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Developing a Chemical and Structural Understanding of the Surface Oxide in a Niobium Superconducting Qubit

Akshay A. Murthy, Paul Masih Das, Stephanie M. Ribet +11

Superconducting thin films of niobium have been extensively employed in transmon qubit architectures. Although these architectures have demonstrated remarkable improvements in rece…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 4 cited

The International Linear Collider: Report to Snowmass 2021

Alexander Aryshev, Ties Behnke, Mikael Berggren +508

The International Linear Collider (ILC) is on the table now as a new global energy-frontier accelerator laboratory taking data in the 2030s. The ILC addresses key questions for our…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 4 cited

Measurement of high quality factor superconducting cavities in tesla-scale magnetic fields for dark matter searches

S. Posen, M. Checchin, O. S. Melnychuk +3

In dark matter searches using axion haloscopes, the search sensitivity depends on the quality factors () of radiofrequency cavities immersed in multi-tesla magnetic fields. In…

physics.acc-ph2021★ 1 cited

LCLS-II-HE verification cryomodule high gradient performance and quench behavior

S. Posen, A. Cravatta, M. Checchin +43

An 8-cavity, 1.3 GHz, LCLS-II-HE cryomodule was assembled and tested at Fermilab to verify performance before the start of production. Its cavities were processed with a novel nitr…

physics.app-ph2021★ 37 cited

TOF-SIMS Analysis of Decoherence Sources in Nb Superconducting Resonators

Akshay A. Murthy, Jae-Yel Lee, Cameron Kopas +6

Superconducting qubits have emerged as a potentially foundational platform technology for addressing complex computational problems deemed intractable with classical computing. Des…

quant-ph2021

Measurement of the Low-temperature Loss Tangent of High-resistivity Silicon with a High Q-factor Superconducting Resonator

Mattia Checchin, Daniil Frolov, Andrei Lunin +2

In this letter, we present the direct loss tangent measurement of a high-resistivity intrinsic (100) silicon wafer in the temperature range from ~ 70 mK to 1 K, approaching the qua…

physics.acc-ph2021★ 3 cited

Signatures of Enhanced Superconducting Properties in Niobium Cavities

D. Bafia, A. Grassellino, M. Checchin +2

Superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) niobium cavities are critical for modern particle accelerators, as well as for advancing superconducting quantum systems and enabling ultra-se…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 8 cited

Vortex Dynamics and Dissipation Under High-amplitude Microwave Drive

Mattia Checchin, Anna Grassellino

In this paper, we describe the vortex dynamics under high-amplitude microwave drive and its effect on the surface resistance of superconductors. The vortex surface resistance is ca…

physics.acc-ph2020★ 16 cited

High-Field Q-slope Mitigation due to Impurity Profile in Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities

Mattia Checchin, Anna Grassellino

In this study, we present new insights on the origin of the high-field Q-slope in superconducting radio-frequency cavities. Consequent hydrofluoric acid rinses are used to probe th…

physics.acc-ph2018★ 30 cited

Accelerating fields up to 49 MV/m in TESLA-shape superconducting RF niobium cavities via 75C vacuum bake

A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko, D. Bice +9

In this paper we present the discovery of a new surface treatment applied to superconducting radio frequency (SRF) niobium cavities, leading to unprecedented accelerating fields of…

hep-ex2018★ 4 cited

Quantum Sensing for High Energy Physics

Zeeshan Ahmed, Yuri Alexeev, Giorgio Apollinari +113

Report of the first workshop to identify approaches and techniques in the domain of quantum sensing that can be utilized by future High Energy Physics applications to further the s…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 22 cited

Frequency dependence of trapped flux sensitivity in SRF cavities

Mattia Checchin, Martina Martinello, Anna Grassellino +6

In this letter, we present the frequency dependence of the vortex surface resistance of bulk niobium accelerating cavities as a function of different state-of-the-art surface treat…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 4 cited

Advancement in the understanding of the field and frequency dependent microwave surface resistance of niobium

M. Martinello, S. Aderhold, S. K. Chandrasekaran +6

The radio-frequency surface resistance of niobium resonators is incredibly reduced when nitrogen impurities are dissolved as interstitial in the material, conferring ultra-high Q-f…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 153 cited

Unprecedented Quality Factors at Accelerating Gradients up to 45 MV/m in Niobium Superconducting Resonators via Low Temperature Nitrogen Infusion

A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko, Y. Trenikhina +9

We report the finding of new surface treatments that permit to manipulate the niobium resonator nitrogen content in the first few nanometers in a controlled way, and the resonator…

physics.acc-ph2016★ 3 cited

Analytic Solution of the Electromagnetic Eigenvalues Problem in a Cylindrical Resonator

Mattia Checchin, Martina Martinello

Resonant accelerating cavities are key components in modern particles accelerating facilities. These take advantage of electromagnetic fields resonating at microwave frequencies to…

physics.acc-ph2016★ 46 cited

Effect of interstitial impurities on the field dependent microwave surface resistance of niobium

M. Martinello, A. Grassellino, M. Checchin +5

Previous work has demonstrated that the radio frequency surface resistance of niobium resonators is dramatically reduced when nitrogen impurities are dissolved as interstitial in t…