Superconductivity & Particle AcceleratorS 2026

As fusion reactor concepts approach increasing levels of technological maturity, the design of the fusion power plant itself is becoming an important aspect of fusion technology development. Stellarators offer an attractive alternative to tokamaks for fusion power generation; however, their complex three-dimensional magnetic configuration makes their engineering design and optimization...

High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnet technology is not only key to high-field magnets for future large-scale accelerators and fusion, but also enables reduced size, resource usage and energy consumption of future accelerator facilities. This is particularly relevant for cooling, thereby reducing the overall environmental footprint of mid-scale, yet high-quality and high-performance...

Lead-free ceramic materials play a significant role in modern electronics. Consequently, the development of lead-free ceramic materials has attracted considerable attention due to increasingly restrictive environmental regulations and European Union directives regarding the use of hazardous substances in electronic devices [1, 2].
Among the promising lead-free ferroelectric compounds...

The development of superconducting (SC) undulators at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has been closely connected to the development of dedicated magnet and cryogenic measurement infrastructure. For more than 15 years, KIT has collaborated with Bilfinger Nuclear & Energy Transition GmbH on the development and production of SC undulators based on low-temperature superconductors. This...