Tuning microwave losses in superconducting resonators

A Gurevich - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of superconducting resonators, particularly cavities for particle
accelerators and micro cavities and thin film resonators for quantum computations and …

Challenges and opportunities of srf theory for next generation particle accelerators

A Gurevich, T Kubo, JA Sauls - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.08315, 2022 - arxiv.org
We suggest a program to establish theoretical performance limits of srf cavities using
modern theories of nonequilibrium superconductivity under a strong electromagnetic field …

Flux expulsion in niobium superconducting radio-frequency cavities of different purity and essential contributions to the flux sensitivity

P Dhakal, G Ciovati, A Gurevich - Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 2020 - APS
Magnetic flux trapped during the cooldown of superconducting radio-frequency cavities
through the transition temperature due to incomplete Meissner state is known to be a …

Vortex nucleation in superconductors within time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory in two and three dimensions: Role of surface defects and material …

AR Pack, J Carlson, S Wadsworth, MK Transtrum - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We use time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory to study the nucleation of vortices in type-II
superconductors in the presence of both geometric and material inhomogeneities. The …

Superheating fields of semi-infinite superconductors and layered superconductors in the diffusive limit: structural optimization based on the microscopic theory

T Kubo - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The superheating field Hsh of the Meissner state is thought to determine the theoretical field-
limit of superconducting accelerator cavities. We investigate Hsh of semi-infinite …

Observation of intermediate mixed state in high-purity cavity-grade Nb by magneto-optical imaging

S Ooi, M Tachiki, T Konomi, T Kubo, A Kikuchi… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Suppression of the occurrence of remanent vortices is necessary to improve the quality
factor of superconducting resonators. In particular, the flux-expulsion dynamics in Nb during …

Stable implicit numerical algorithm of time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau theory coupled with thermal effect for vortex behaviors in hybrid superconductor systems

QY Wang, C Xue - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Hybrid multi-superconducting structures exist in a variety of superconducting devices, such
as superconductor–insulator–superconductor multilayer structure in superconducting radio …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving optimal magnetic flux expulsion of a Nb3Sn superconducting radio-frequency cavity via spatial temperature gradient

A He, XN Hu - Physics Letters A, 2023 - Elsevier
The trapped magnetic flux leads to residual resistance, thereby reducing the quality factor of
the superconducting cavity and affecting its power consumption. It has been experimentally …

Measurements of the amplitude-dependent microwave surface resistance of an Au/Nb bilayer

T Oseroff, Z Sun, MU Liepe - Superconductor Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface properties are critical to the capabilities of superconducting microwave devices. The
native oxide of niobium-based devices is thought to consist of a thin normal conducting …

Effect of random pinning on nonlinear dynamics and dissipation of a vortex driven by a strong microwave current

W Pathirana, A Gurevich - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We report numerical simulations of a trapped elastic vortex driven by a strong ac magnetic
field H (t)= H sin ω t parallel to the surface of a superconducting film. The surface resistance …