Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures
It is shown that a multilayer comprised of alternating thin superconducting and insulating layers on a thick substrate can fully screen the applied magnetic field exceeding the superheating fields Hs of both the superconducting layers and the substrate, the maximum Meissner field is achieved at an o...
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| description | It is shown that a multilayer comprised of alternating thin superconducting and insulating layers on a thick substrate can fully screen the applied magnetic field exceeding the superheating fields Hs of both the superconducting layers and the substrate, the maximum Meissner field is achieved at an optimum multilayer thickness. For instance, a dirty layer of thickness ∼0.1 μm at the Nb surface could increase Hs ≃ 240 mT of a clean Nb up to Hs ≃ 290 mT. Optimized multilayers of Nb3Sn, NbN, some of the iron pnictides, or alloyed Nb deposited onto the surface of the Nb resonator cavities could potentially double the rf breakdown field, pushing the peak accelerating electric fields above 100 MV/m while protecting the cavity from dendritic thermomagnetic avalanches caused by local penetration of vortices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0554975210443b69564ad76f4fe7b6c2022-12-21T21:17:37ZengAIP Publishing LLCAIP Advances2158-32262015-01-0151017112017112-810.1063/1.4905711004501ADVMaximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structuresAlex Gurevich0Department of Physics and Center for Accelerator Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USAIt is shown that a multilayer comprised of alternating thin superconducting and insulating layers on a thick substrate can fully screen the applied magnetic field exceeding the superheating fields Hs of both the superconducting layers and the substrate, the maximum Meissner field is achieved at an optimum multilayer thickness. For instance, a dirty layer of thickness ∼0.1 μm at the Nb surface could increase Hs ≃ 240 mT of a clean Nb up to Hs ≃ 290 mT. Optimized multilayers of Nb3Sn, NbN, some of the iron pnictides, or alloyed Nb deposited onto the surface of the Nb resonator cavities could potentially double the rf breakdown field, pushing the peak accelerating electric fields above 100 MV/m while protecting the cavity from dendritic thermomagnetic avalanches caused by local penetration of vortices.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4905711 |
| spellingShingle | Alex Gurevich Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures AIP Advances |
| title | Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures |
| title_full | Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures |
| title_fullStr | Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures |
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| title_short | Maximum screening fields of superconducting multilayer structures |
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