Incoherent interaction between bright–bright photovoltaic soliton in an unbiased series two-photon photorefractive crystal circuit

We have investigated incoherent interaction between photovoltaic bright–bright soliton pairs in photorefractive crystals under steady-state condition in an unbiased series two-photon photorefractive crystal circuit in one dimension. The numerical scheme according to the Crank-Nicholson and Runge-kutta methods are applied to simulate the propagation of incoherent interaction for different normalized separation distances and different E0. Results show that in the case of one-dimensional interaction between these photovoltaic solitons, attraction occurs and width of beams decreases with increasing biased field E0 and two soliton interact in longer distance for smaller E0. The result can be used for design optical switches that controlled by biased field.

► Interaction between soliton pairs in photorefractive crystals is investigated. ► The numerical Crank-Nicholson and Runge-Kutta methods are used to simulate. ► Interaction of solitons is controlled by biased electric field. ► Optical switches can be designed in photorefractive crystals.