mode competition

Forced synchronization of self­oscillating system with two degrees of freedom is studied in the case when there are no resonance relations between eigenfrequencies and interaction of the modes has the form of mode competition. Stability conditions for the regimes of one­ and two­frequency oscillations are obtained analytically. The structure of synchronization tongues on the frequency–amplitude of external driving parameters plane is studied numerically. Mechanisms of establishing of the synchronous regime are considered depending on coefficients of non­linear mode coupling.

Effect of reflection from the remote load on the mode competition in a two-mode electronic maser is considered. A system of quasilinear equations for slowly varying amplitudes of the modes with cubic nonlinearity where the effect of reflections is taken into account by time delayed terms is analyzed. The most typical case of competition of two modes with close frequencies at the centre of generation zone is studied in detail. Change of generation regimes with increasing of reflections of the spurious mode at different values of delay is investigated analytically and numerically.