Xiaotian Fang, Jin-Su Oh, Matt Kramer, 等. Understanding mechanism of performance improvement in nitrogen-doped niobium superconducting radio frequency cavity[J]. 材料研究快报(英文), 2023,11(2):108-116.
Xiaotian Fang, Jin-Su Oh, Matt Kramer, et al. Understanding mechanism of performance improvement in nitrogen-doped niobium superconducting radio frequency cavity[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2023, 11(2): 108-116.
Xiaotian Fang, Jin-Su Oh, Matt Kramer, 等. Understanding mechanism of performance improvement in nitrogen-doped niobium superconducting radio frequency cavity[J]. 材料研究快报(英文), 2023,11(2):108-116.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2022.2126737.
Xiaotian Fang, Jin-Su Oh, Matt Kramer, et al. Understanding mechanism of performance improvement in nitrogen-doped niobium superconducting radio frequency cavity[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2023, 11(2): 108-116.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2022.2126737.
Understanding mechanism of performance improvement in nitrogen-doped niobium superconducting radio frequency cavity
BSTRACTNiobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities enable applications in modern accelerators and quantum computers. However
the surface resistance significantly deteriorates the cavities’ performance. Nitrogen doping surface treatment can consistently increase cavity performance by reducing surface resistance
but the improvement mechanism is not fully understood. Herein
we employed transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy to uncover the structural and chemical differences of the Nb/air interface between the non-doped and nitrogen-doped cavities. The results indicate that nitrogen doping passivates the Nb surface by introducing a compressive stress/strain close to the Nb/air interface
which impedes the diffusion of oxygen and hydrogen atoms and reduces surface oxide thickness.