Abstract
This paper presents an investigation on the propagation characteristics of optical spatial solitons in a biased centro-symmetric photorefractive medium. Unlike earlier attempts on photorefractive solitons, in the present investigation, we have given equal significance to the effects of charge drift and their diffusion. We have obtained dynamical equations for solitons employing paraxial ray approximation and examined criteria for stationary propagation. Trajectories of stationary solitons have been examined. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.