Wei-Chen Chien, Yu-Han Chang, Cheng Xin Lu, Yen-Yu Ting, C. Wu, Sheng-Di Lin, W. Kuo
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Abstract
Ultra-thin superconducting aluminum films of 3-nm grown on sapphire by molecule-beam epitaxy show excellent superconductivity and large kinetic inductance. This results in a record high Kerr non-linearity of 33 kHz and 3.62 MHz per photon in notch-type and transmission-type resonators, respectively. 4-wave mixing leverages this non-linearity to achieve 12 dB parametric amplification in transmission type resonator, making the ultra-thin film ideal for photon detection and amplification applications.