Niobium oxides and niobates physical properties: Review and prospects

C Nico, T Monteiro, MPF Graça - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
For the last 75 years several studies have been reporting on the physical properties of
niobium oxides, but there is still many contradictory, inconsistent and insufficient information …

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 …

Investigation of Microwave Loss Induced by Oxide Regrowth in High-Q Niobium Resonators

J Verjauw, A Potočnik, M Mongillo, R Acharya… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
The coherence of state-of-the-art superconducting qubit devices is predominantly limited by
two-level-system defects, which are found primarily at amorphous interface layers. Reducing …

[HTML][HTML] RF surface resistance tuning of superconducting niobium via thermal diffusion of native oxide

EM Lechner, JW Angle, FA Stevie, MJ Kelley… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, Nb superconducting radio frequency cavities vacuum heat treated between 300
and 400 C for a few hours have exhibited very high quality factors (∼ 5× 10 10 at 2.0 K) …

Ultralow surface resistance via vacuum heat treatment of superconducting radio-frequency cavities

S Posen, A Romanenko, A Grassellino… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We report on an effort to improve the performance of superconducting radiofrequency
cavities by using heat treatment in a temperature range sufficient to dissociate the natural …

Theory of RF superconductivity for resonant cavities

A Gurevich - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of a theory of electromagnetic response of superconductors in strong radio-
frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields is given with the emphasis on applications to …

Corrosion behavior and surface film characterization of TaNbHfZrTi high entropy alloy in aggressive nitric acid medium

J Jayaraj, C Thinaharan, S Ningshen, C Mallika… - Intermetallics, 2017 - Elsevier
Corrosion behavior of TaNbHfZrTi high-entropy alloy (HEA) was investigated in nitric and
fluorinated nitric acid at ambient (27° C) and boiling (120° C) conditions. The alloy …

The investigation of NbO2 and Nb2O5 electronic structure by XPS, UPS and first principles methods

Z Weibin, W Weidong, W Xueming… - Surface and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the electronic structures of NbO2 and Nb2O5 are theoretically and
experimentally analyzed. The oxides in the samples are mainly consisted of NbO2 and NbO …

Surface oxides, carbides, and impurities on RF superconducting Nb and Nb3Sn: A comprehensive analysis

Z Sun, Z Baraissov, CA Dukes, DK Dare… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface structures on radio-frequency (RF) superconductors are crucially important in
determining their interaction with the RF field. Here we investigate the surface compositions …

Microscopic relaxation channels in materials for superconducting qubits

A Premkumar, C Weiland, S Hwang, B Jäck… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite mounting evidence that materials imperfections are a major obstacle to practical
applications of superconducting qubits, connections between microscopic material …