Improvement and protection of niobium surface superconductivity by atomic layer deposition and heat treatment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Proslier, T ^a,b   Zasadzinski, J ^a   Moore, J ^b   Pellin, M ^b   Elam, J ^b   Cooley, L ^c   Antoine, C ^d   Norem, J ^b   Gray, K E ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NIOBIUM; PENETRATION DEPTH (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); PHOTODEGRADATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRANSITION METALS; VACUUM;

ATOMIC LAYERS; COATED SAMPLES; DENSITY OF STATES; LOW TEMPERATURES; NIOBIUM SURFACES; PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPIES; SUPERCONDUCTING RF CAVITIES; TUNNELING CONDUCTANCES;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 56249121871     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2995996     Document Type: Article

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