Conveners
Emerging Frontlines in Characterizion methods: Advanced Imaging & Novel Probes
- Oliver Kugeler (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)
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Ivana Curci (CEA-Saclay)24/09/2026, 14:00Emerging Frontlines in Characterization Methods: Advanced Imaging & Novel Probes
Point Contact Tunnel Spectroscopy (PCTS) is a powerful technique for probing the local density of states (DOS) of superconductors. Tunneling spectra provide direct insight into key superconducting properties, including the energy gap, inelastic scattering processes, and the presence of defects such as normal-conducting phases and magnetic impurities.
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In contrast to conventional DC transport... -
Daniel Seal (STFC)24/09/2026, 14:30Emerging Frontlines in Characterization Methods: Advanced Imaging & Novel Probes
To support the development of thin film SRF technology, STFC Daresbury Laboratory has commissioned a dedicated conduction-cooled SRF test facility for the rapid qualification of thin film coated cavities.
The facility is based on a Cryomech pulse tube cryocooler providing 2.7 W of cooling power at 4.2 K and supports RF measurements of both closed and split cavity geometries from 1.3 to 6...
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Mr Shrikant Pattalwar (UKRI- STFC Daresbury Laboratory)24/09/2026, 15:00Emerging Frontlines in Characterization Methods: Advanced Imaging & Novel Probes
UKRI-STFC Daresbury Laboratory has a large vertical cryostat capable of testing 3 large jacketed HB704 SRF cavities for ESS or a single 650 MHz jacketed cavity for PIP-II. As a part of the development of SRF Thin Films Cavities a smaller 300 litres mini-cryostat has been developed and added to the vertical test facility (VTF) enabling testing of a range of bare cavities at operating...
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Daniel Turner (-)24/09/2026, 15:30Emerging Frontlines in Characterization Methods: Advanced Imaging & Novel Probes
To investigate new and novel materials, two split cavities have been designed and built at Daresbury laboratory,
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operating at 1.3 GHz and 6 GHz. Both cavities are split in half longitudinally to ensure no electrical contact
resistance. Split cavities are beneficial to be used as research cavities as they allow inspection of the radio-frequency
surface at all stages of coating, and after...