Hot-embossing fabrication of chalcogenide glasses rib waveguide for mid-infrared molecular sensing

Yan Ting-Yang^{1, 2}, Shen Xiang^{1, 2, †}, Wang Rong-Ping³, Wang Guo-Xiang^{1, 2}, Dai Shi-Xun^{1, 2}, Xu Tie-Feng^{1, 2}, Nie Qiu-Hua^{1, 2}

(color online) Schematic diagrams of the imprinting chambers of (a) hard-pressing and (b) soft-pressing approach.