title: Chalcogenide optical microwires cladded with fluorine-based CYTOP.
abstract: We demonstrate optical transmission results of highly nonlinear As2Se3optical microwires cladded with fluorine-based CYTOP, and compare them with microwires cladded with typical hydrogen-based polymers. In the linear optics regime, the CYTOP-cladded microwire transmits light in the spectral range from 1.3 µm up to >2.5 µm without trace of absorption peaks such as those observed using hydrogen-based polymer claddings. The microwire is also pumped in the nonlinear optics regime, showing multiple-orders of four-wave mixing and supercontinuum generation spanning from 1.0 µm to >4.3 µm. We conclude that with such a broadband transparency and high nonlinearity, the As2Se3-CYTOP microwire is an appealing solution for nonlinear optical processing in the mid-infrared.
authors.forename: Lizhu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Nurmemet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abdukerim
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rochette