SELF-MODULATION OSCILLATIONS AND RELAXATI ON PROCESSES IN SOLID-STATERING LASERS

A detailed account is given of self-modulation and relaxation oscillat ions in single-mode solid-state ring lasers. A classification of self- modulation lasing regimes in such lasers is proposed. The results are given of theoretical and experimental investigations of the existence conditions and stability of various self-modulation regimes, of transi ent processes, and of relaxation oscillations in these regimes. The ma in dependences of the characteristics of self-modulation and relaxatio n oscillations on the laser parameters are considered. The interaction of self-modulation and relaxation oscillations, and the conditions fo r the appearance of dynamic chaos are discussed.