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We investigate the dynamics of spatial optical solitons launched in a medium with a finite perturbation of the refractive index. For longitudinally short perturbations of super-Gaussian transverse profile, as the input power varies we observe a transition from a wave-like behavior where solitons break up into multiple fringes to a particle-like behavior where solitons acquire a transverse velocity retaining their shape. For longitudinally long perturbations with an attractive potential solitons get trapped inside the well and propagate with transverse periodic oscillations, resulting in an efficient power-dependent angular steering or deflection. Using the Ehrenfest theorem we derive analytical expressions for soliton trajectory, and achieve excellent agreement between theory and numerical simulations for large powers, that is, narrow solitons.

Deflection and trapping of spatial solitons in linear photonic potentials