Propagation and interaction of cos-Gaussian beams in photorefractive crystals

Investigate numerically the propagation and interaction of cos-Gaussian beams in a biased photorefractive crystal by the finite difference method. The results show that the single cos-Gaussian beam can evolve into Y-type breathing solitons when the self-focusing nonlinearity is small, and the soliton properties can be controlled by adjusting the nonlinear parameter or cos modulation parameter. The distance between two components of Y-type breathing solitons will decrease with increasing the nonlinear parameter or decreasing the cos modulation parameter. The breathing soliton with two weak sidebands can form when the self-focusing nonlinearity is big. Moreover, two internal components of two cos-Gaussian beams have obvious interaction but two outside components have tiny interaction. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.