Roughness analysis applied to niobium thin films grown on MgO(001) surfaces for superconducting radio frequency cavity applications

This paper describes surface studies to address roughness issues inherent to thin film coatings deposited onto superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities. This is particularly relevant for multilayered thin film coatings that are being considered as a possible scheme to overcome technical issues...

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Main Authors: D. B. Beringer, W. M. Roach, C. Clavero, C. E. Reece, R. A. Lukaszew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-02-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.022001