Scattering of a cross-polarized linear wave by a soliton at an optical   event horizon in a birefringent nanophotonic waveguide
  The scattering of a linear wave on an optical event horizon, induced by a cross polarized soliton, is experimentally and numerically investigated in integrated structures. The experiments are performed in a dispersion-engineered birefringent silicon nanophotonic waveguide. In stark contrast with co-polarized waves, the large difference between the group velocity of the two cross-polarized waves enables a frequency conversion almost independent on the soliton wavelength. It is shown that the generated idler is only shifted by 10 nm around 1550 nm over a pump tuning range of 350 nm. Simulations using two coupled full vectorial nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations fully support the experimental results. 
Charles Ciret and Simon-Pierre Gorza
nlin.PS cond-mat.mes-hall physics.optics