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A new surface resistance measurement method with ultrahigh sensitivity

Abstract

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A superconducting niobium triaxial cavity has been designed and fabricated to study residual surface resistance of planar superconducting materials. Unlike many other structures where the test samples are placed in strong magnetic field positions, the edge of a 25.4 mm or larger diameter sample in the triaxial cavity is located outside the strong field region. Therefore, the edge effects and possible losses between the thin film and the substrate have been minimized in this design, ensuring that the induced RF losses are intrinsic to the test material. The fundamental resonant frequency of the cavity is 1.5 GHz, the same as the working frequency of CEBAF cavities. The cavity has a compact size compared to its TE₀₁₁ counterpart, which makes it more sensitive to the sample's loss.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Physics
Department dc:contributor.department
Physics
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1993

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Liang, Changnian
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Sundelin, Ronald M.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Phillips, Larry
  • Jenkins, David A.
  • Mo, Luke W.
  • Zallen, Richard H.

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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etd-11102005-141104
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/40299

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Liang, Changnian. A new surface resistance measurement method with ultrahigh sensitivity. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40299