Abstract

AbstractWe investigate a semiconductor superlattice exhibiting complex dynamics of electron accumulation and depletion fronts (travelling field domains) in the presence of noise and control. In the uncontrolled system noise is able to induce electron charge front motion through the device when the system is prepared near a global bifurcation which yields it highly sensitive to fluctuations. The associated current density oscillations exhibit a maximum of coherence at an optimal noise intensity, a phenomenon known as coherence resonance. We show how control in the form of a time‐delayed feedback signal affects the noise‐induced dynamics. We observe that control induces a limit cycle in a wide range of the control parameter space and therefore destroys the effect of coherence resonance. For low noise intensity, time‐delayed feedback control enhances the regularity (coherence) of the noisy oscillations considerably. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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