Investigation of Electropolishing for High-Gradient 1.3 GHz and 3.9 GHz Niobium Cavities

Y Zong, J Chen, D Wang, R Xia, J Wu, Z Wang, S Xing… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Electropolishing (EP) has become a standard procedure for treating the inner surfaces of
superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities composed of pure niobium. In this study, a …

Medium Temperature Furnace Baking of Low-beta 650 MHz Five-cell Cavities

G Wu, S Posen, V Chouhan, A Netepenko, F Furuta… - 2023 - osti.gov
Medium Temperature baking of low beta 650 MHz cavities was conducted in a UHV furnace.
A systematic study of cavity surface resistance components, residual and BCS, was …

Enhancing the Q-factor of a Practical Qubit Niobium 3D λ/4-resonator Through Surface Treatment

SV Kutsaev, R Agustsson… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum computing stands as a revolutionary frontier in information technology, with the
potential to solve complex problems far beyond the capacity of classical computers. At the …

Latest Development of Electropolishing Optimization for 650 MHz Niobium Cavity

V Chouhan, D Bice, D Burk, S Chandrasekaran… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Electropolishing (EP) of 1.3 GHz niobium superconducting RF cavities is conducted to
achieve a desired smooth and contaminant-free surface that yields good RF performance …

Latest Development of Electropolishing Optimization for 650 MHz Cavity

V Chouhan, D Bice, D Burk, SK Chandrasekaran… - 2023 - inspirehep.net
Electropolishing (EP) of 1.3 GHz niobium (Nb) superconducting RF cavities is conducted to
achieve a desired smooth and contaminant-free surface that yields good RF performance …

Excellent performance of 650 MHz single-cell niobium cavity after electropolishing

V Chouhan, D Bice, A Cravatta, T Khabiboulline… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Electropolishing process and cathodes have undergone modification and optimization for
both low-and high-beta 650 MHz five-cell niobium cavities for PIP-II. Cavities treated with …

Visual, Optical and Replica Inspections: Surface Preparation of 650 MHz NB Cavity for PIP-II Linac

V Chouhan, D Bice, D Burk, MK Ng, G Wu - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Surface preparation of niobium superconducting RF cavities is a critical step for achieving
good RF performance under the superconducting state. Surface defect, roughness, and …

Electropolishing study on nitrogen-doped niobium surface

V Chouhan, T Ring, E Viklund, G Wu - 2023 - osti.gov
The nitrogen doping (N-doping) process is applied to niobium (Nb) superconducting cavities
to enhance their quality factors. The N-doping is followed by an electropolishing process that …

[PDF][PDF] Transfer of EP and Doping Technology for PIP-II HB650 Cavities from Fermilab to Industry

V Chouhan, D Bice, S Chandrasekaran, G Eremeev… - 2024 - inspirehep.net
Fermilab has optimized the surface processing conditions for PIP-II high beta 650 MHz
cavities. This encompasses conditions for bulk electropolishing, heat treatment, nitrogen …