Quasiparticle spectroscopy in technologically-relevant niobium using London penetration depth measurements

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Autori principali: Ghimire, Sunil, Joshi, Kamal R., Datta, Amlan, Goerdt, Aidan, Tanatar, Makariy A., Schlagel, Deborah, Kramer, Matthew J., Marshall, Jayss, Copas, Cameron J., Mutus, Joshua Y., Romanenko, Alexander, Grassellino, Anna, Prozorov, Ruslan
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author Ghimire, Sunil
Joshi, Kamal R.
Datta, Amlan
Goerdt, Aidan
Tanatar, Makariy A.
Schlagel, Deborah
Kramer, Matthew J.
Marshall, Jayss
Copas, Cameron J.
Mutus, Joshua Y.
Romanenko, Alexander
Grassellino, Anna
Prozorov, Ruslan
author_facet Ghimire, Sunil
Joshi, Kamal R.
Datta, Amlan
Goerdt, Aidan
Tanatar, Makariy A.
Schlagel, Deborah
Kramer, Matthew J.
Marshall, Jayss
Copas, Cameron J.
Mutus, Joshua Y.
Romanenko, Alexander
Grassellino, Anna
Prozorov, Ruslan
contents London penetration depth was measured in niobium foils, thin films, single crystals, and superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavity pieces cut out from different places. The low-temperature (T<Tc/3) variation, sensitive to the low-energy quasiparticles with states inside the superconducting gap, differs dramatically between different types of samples. With the help of phenomenological modeling, we correlate these different behaviors with known pair-breaking mechanisms and show that such measurements may help distinguish between different pair-breaking mechanisms, such as niobium hydrides and two-level systems (TLS). The conclusions also apply to SRF cavities when tracking the temperature-dependent quality factor and the resonant frequency.
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spellingShingle Quasiparticle spectroscopy in technologically-relevant niobium using London penetration depth measurements
Ghimire, Sunil
Joshi, Kamal R.
Datta, Amlan
Goerdt, Aidan
Tanatar, Makariy A.
Schlagel, Deborah
Kramer, Matthew J.
Marshall, Jayss
Copas, Cameron J.
Mutus, Joshua Y.
Romanenko, Alexander
Grassellino, Anna
Prozorov, Ruslan
Superconductivity
Materials Science
London penetration depth was measured in niobium foils, thin films, single crystals, and superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavity pieces cut out from different places. The low-temperature (T<Tc/3) variation, sensitive to the low-energy quasiparticles with states inside the superconducting gap, differs dramatically between different types of samples. With the help of phenomenological modeling, we correlate these different behaviors with known pair-breaking mechanisms and show that such measurements may help distinguish between different pair-breaking mechanisms, such as niobium hydrides and two-level systems (TLS). The conclusions also apply to SRF cavities when tracking the temperature-dependent quality factor and the resonant frequency.
title Quasiparticle spectroscopy in technologically-relevant niobium using London penetration depth measurements
topic Superconductivity
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13654