J. HIZANIDIS
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
A. G. BALANOV
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
A. AMANN
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
E. SCHÖLL
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

Received November 15, 2004
Revised April 10, 2005

We consider noise-induced charge density dynamics in a semiconductor superlattice. The parameters are fixed in the regime below the Hopf bifurcation that gives birth to spatio-temporal oscillations, where in the absence of noise of the system rests at a fixed point. It is shown that in this case noise can induce in the superlattice quite coherent oscillations of the current through the device. While the regularity of these oscillations depends on the noise intensity, their dominant frequency remains almost constant with variation of the noise level in the system. Further, we demonstrate that a time-delayed feedback scheme that was previously used to control purely temporal oscillations induced by noise, can not only enhance or deteriorate the regularity of stochastic spatio-temporal patterns but also allow for the manipulation of the system's time scales with varying time delay.

Nanostructures; noise-induced oscillations; control; delayed feedback