Abstract
A hybrid optical fiber comprising metal electrodes, high performance polymers, and a highly nonlinear glass core is presented in this work as a novel, to the best of our knowledge, platform for mid-infrared nonlinear devices. The fiber allows for electrical tuning of the temperature by joule heating using a set of embedded tungsten wires. Unlike temperature tuning by an external heater, this results in a strong modulation, which introduces alternating signs of its dispersion. Enhanced spectral broadening through supercontinuum generation in the mid-infrared due to this modulation is investigated numerically.
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