A new method to measure the unloaded quality factor of superconducting cavities

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Main Author: Ziemann, Volker
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contents We describe an method that measures the unloaded quality factor $Q_0$, the external quality factor $Q_E$, and the cavity detuning $Δω$ with a recursive least-squares algorithm. It combines a large number of consecutive measurements to successively improve an estimate of fit parameters that asymptotically converges to the ``real'' values. Exploiting the large amount of data acquired by a digital low-level RF system permits us to reach this asymptotic regime in a moderate time frame of seconds to minutes. Simulations show that the method works both for critically coupled and over-coupled cavities. A new calibration method adresses very tight tolerances of the method on system parameters.
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spellingShingle A new method to measure the unloaded quality factor of superconducting cavities
Ziemann, Volker
Accelerator Physics
We describe an method that measures the unloaded quality factor $Q_0$, the external quality factor $Q_E$, and the cavity detuning $Δω$ with a recursive least-squares algorithm. It combines a large number of consecutive measurements to successively improve an estimate of fit parameters that asymptotically converges to the ``real'' values. Exploiting the large amount of data acquired by a digital low-level RF system permits us to reach this asymptotic regime in a moderate time frame of seconds to minutes. Simulations show that the method works both for critically coupled and over-coupled cavities. A new calibration method adresses very tight tolerances of the method on system parameters.
title A new method to measure the unloaded quality factor of superconducting cavities
topic Accelerator Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.17548