Submission Category Map – ASC 2012 Comparing 2010
2012 categories are shown in green font.
ELECTRONICS
Superconducting Electronics
11 Device and circuit fabrication
• E1 Device Fabrication (Circuits and Junctions)
• E2 Circuits and Systems
• E6.2 Novel Devices and Instruments
• E1.1 LTS Fabrication
• E1.2 HTS Fabrication
• E1.3 Medium Temperature Superconductor (MTS = e.g., MgB2 or Other Borides) Fabrication
12 Packaging and system integration
• E8 System Integration and Applications
• E2 Circuits and Systems
• E8.1 Electronics Thermal Management and Packaging
• E8.2 System Applications: Cost/Benefit Analysis and Market Relevance
• E6.3 Novel Systems
13 Digital circuits
• E2.1 Digital Circuits
• E2.3 Circuit Design Methods and Techniques
14 Mixed signal circuits (analog + digital)
• E2.2 Mixed-signal Circuits (Analog + Digital, e.g., A/D Converters)
15 Microwave devices and components
• E5 Microwave Devices and Applications
• E5.1 Theory and Properties for Microwave Devices
• E5.2 Passive Microwave Components and Systems
• E5.3 Active Microwave Components and Systems
16 SQUID designs and applications
• E3 SQUIDs
• E3.1 LTS and HTS SQUIDs Fabrication and Characterization
• E3.2 SQUID NDE
• E3.3 ULF-NMR/MRI and Bio Applications
• E3.4 Nano-SQUID and SQUID Microscopy
• E3.5 Other SQUID Applications
17 Superconducting circuits for quantum information processing
• E7 Quantum Computing
• E7.1 Superconductor Qubits and Circuits
• E7.2 RSFQ-based Control Circuits
18 Novel electronics
• E6 Novel Devices and Applications
• E6.1 Novel Junction Applications
Superconducting Detectors
• E4 Detectors and Readout Circuits
21 Transition-edge sensors (TES) devices
• E4.1 Electromagnetic Wave Transition-Edge Bolometers
22 Nanowire single-photon detectors
• E4.3 Photon Detectors
23 Other equilibrium (thermal) detectors (e.g. SNS, penetration-depth)
• E4.4 Particle Detectors
24 Other non-equilibrium (non-thermal) detectors (e.g. SIS, MKID)
• E4.2 Electromagnetic Wave Mixers
25 Instrumentation and readout of superconducting detectors
• E4 Detectors and Readout Circuits
LARGE SCALE
Large Systems
35 Superconducting RF
• M3.1 SRF Cavities: Forming and Welding
• M3.2 SRF Cavities: Processing and Performance
• M5.16 SRF: Temperature Mapping, Optical Inspection, and Other QA
• L1.5 SRF Cavities
38 Superconducting magnet technology and system integration
• L1.11 HTS-base Magnets
• L2.8 System Studies for Superconducting Devices (e.g. HTS Applications on the Power Grid)
• L3.1 Magnetic Separation
• L3.6 Other Novel Applications (e.g., Innovative Medical Applications, Magneto-Aerodynamics, Biological, Environmental etc.)
• L4.3 Conductor Development and Test
• L4.4 Small Test Coils and Demonstrators
Superconducting Magnets
40 Accelerator magnets: dipoles, quadrupoles, correctors
• L1.3 Accelerator Magnets: Beam-Guiding and Focusing Magnets
41 Accelerator magnets: wigglers, undulators, special magnets
• L1.4 Accelerator Magnets: Other (Wigglers, Undulators, Solenoids, etc.)
42 Fusion magnets
• L1.6 Fusion
• L1.7 Fusion-ITER
43 Very high field and NMR magnets (solenoids, inserts, hybrid)
• L1.1 Very High Magnetic Field Magnets (LTS and/or HTS)
• L1.8 NMR Magnets
44 Magnets for medical systems
• L3.2 MRI
45 Detector magnets
• L1.2 Detector Magnets
47 Magnet stability, magnetization effects, AC losses and protection
• L4.1 Stability, Magnet Protection and AC Losses (LTS) – for magnet applications
• L4.2 Stability, Magnet Protection and AC Losses (HTS) – for magnet applications
48 Cables and current leads
• L1.9 CICC
• L3.5 Current Leads
49 Magnet design and analysis techniques
• L4.5 Superconducting Magnet Design (Design Tools, Novel Configurations, etc.)
• L4.6 Novel Measurements, Instrumentations, and Computations
Superconducting Electric Power
50 General power gear
• L2.7 Other Power Gear
52 Motors, Generators, and other rotating machines
• L2.2 Motors and Generators, MHD
54 Transmission and distribution (mainly cables)
• L2.4 Power Transmission Cables
55 Transformers
• L2.3 Transformers
56 Fault-current limiters
• L2.5 Fault Current Limiters: Resistive Type
• L2.6 Fault Current Limiters: Other Types
57 Energy storage
• L2.1 SMES
• L3.4 Bearings and Flywheels
58 Transportation
• L3.3 Maglev
• L1.10 Bulk Superconductors (Applications of)
59 AC Losses
• L4.1 Stability, Magnet Protection and AC Losses (LTS) – for electric power applications
• L4.2 Stability, Magnet Protection and AC Losses (HTS) – for electric power applications
MATERIALS
Conductors
60 Niobium-based wires and tapes
• M1.13 Nb3Sn Wires: Design, Processing and Performance
• M1.14 Nb3Sn Wires: Strain and Fatigue
• M1.15 Nb3Sn Wires: Microstructure and Properties
• M1.16 Nb3Al and Other A-15 Wires and Tapes
• M1.17 Nb-Ti and other Ductile Wires and Tapes
62 MgB2 wires and tapes
• M1.11 MgB2 Wires and Tapes: Design, Processing and Performance
• M1.12 MgB2 Wires and Tapes: Microstructure, Doping, and Properties
64 Bi-oxide wires and tapes
• M1.1 Bi-2212 Wires and Tapes
• M1.2 Bi-2223 Wires and Tapes
66 Coated conductors
• M1.3 Coated Conductor: Design, Processing, and Performance
• M1.5 Coated Conductor: Substrates
• M1.6 Coated Conductor: Buffers
• M1.7 Coated Conductor: Processing Methods
• M1.8 Coated Conductors: Long Lengths and Scale-up
68 Bulk conductors
• M3.3 Melt Textured Conductors
• M3.4 HTS Bulk for Bearings and Permanent Magnets
• M4.2 HTS Bulk and Crystals
• M4.3 MgB2 Bulk and Crystals
• M4.4 LTS Bulk and Crystals
69 Other wires and tapes
• M1.9 Other HTS Wires and Tapes
Materials important for applications
70 General materials R&D
• M4.1 General Materials Science of Applied Superconductors
71 Metals and simple compounds
• M4.5 SRF: Niobium Materials Science
72 Cuprates
73 Pnictides
• M4.6 Pnictides: Crystals and Other Basic Forms
• M4.7 Pnictides: Synthesis of Applied Forms
74 New materials
75 Thin films and multilayers
• M2.1 HTS Thin Films: Synthesis, Structure
• M2.2 HTS Multilayers and Materials Integration Issues
• M2.3 Substrate and Buffer-Layer Issues
• M2.4 LTS Thin Films and Multilayers
• M2.5 MgB2 Thin Films and Multilayers
• M2.7 Films and Coatings for SRF Cavities
• M2.8 Pnictide Films
• M2.9 Thin Film Structural Characterization
77 Insulation
78 Other ancillary materials
Properties important for applications
• M4.8 Pnictides: Properties of Interest to Applications
80 Critical current and flux pinning
• M1.10 Flux-Pinning Improvement in HTS Wires and Tapes
• M5.9 Critical Current, Flux Pinning and Flux Dynamics: HTS
• M5.10 Critical Current, Flux Pinning and Flux Dynamics: LTS and MgB2
• M5.11 Flux Pinning and Flux Dynamics: General, Modeling, and Other Materials
82 Magnetization and time-dependent losses
• M1.4 Coated Conductor: Mitigation of AC loss
• M1.18 LTS – Mitigation of AC Losses
• M5.1 AC Losses: HTS
• M5.2 AC Losses: LTS and MgB2
• M5.3 AC Losses: General, Modeling, and Other Materials
84 Mechanical properties, strain dependence
• M5.12 Mechanical Properties: HTS
• M5.13 Mechanical Properties: LTS and MgB2
• M5.14 Mechanical Properties: General, Modeling, and Other Materials
86 Critical temperature and critical fields
88 Other properties
• M1.19 Wire and Tape Structural Characterization and Quality Assurance
• M5.4 Microwave Losses
• M5.5 HTS: Stability, Calorimetry, and Other Thermal Properties
• M5.6 LTS: Stability, Calorimetry, and Other Thermal Properties
• M5.15 Microwave Properties and Characterization
TESTING
90 Measurement techniques and instrumentation
• M5.7 Transport Measurement Techniques
• M5.8 Magnetic Measurement Techniques
• M5.17 Other Measurement Techniques
• L4.6 Novel Measurements, Instrumentations, and Computations
95 Test facilities