<p>The present invention provides an optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, characterized in that the core is made of quartz or multicomponent glass and the cladding is made of a polymer consisting essentially of: (i) about 50 % by weight to about 99.9 % by weight of a fluorine-containing acrylate represented by the formula CH2=CX<1>COORf (a) (ii) about 0.l % by weight to about 50 % by weight of an acrylate having functional group and represented by the formula CH2=CX<2>COR<1> (b) and (iii) 0 to about 50 % by weight of an acrylate represented by the formula CH2=CX<3>COOR<2> (c) i</p>
