Dr. Andreas Amann I am now Lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at University College Cork and Academic Member of Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland. Email: amann@physik.tu-berlin.de

	Research Interests
	Publications
	Conference Presentations
	Teaching Resources
	Doctoral Dissertation
	Awards
	Previous Works

Research Interests

• Eletronic transport in semiconductor nanostructures
• Front dynamics in spatially extended systems
• Applications of chaos control
• Self organisation and nonlinear behaviour in semiconductor devices

Publications

1. A. Amann, A. Wacker, L. L. Bonilla, E. Schöll
   Dynamic scenarios of multi-stable switching in semiconductor superlattices.
   Phys. Rev. E 63, 66207 (2001).
2. A. Amann, A. Wacker, L. L. Bonilla, E. Schöll
   Field domains in semiconductor superlattices: Dynamic scenarios of multistable switching.
   ICPS-25 Conference Proceedings (2001).
3. E. Schomburg, K. Hofbeck, R. Scheurer, M. Haeusler, K. F. Renk, A.-K. Jappsen, A. Amann, A. Wacker, E. Schöll, D. G. Pavelev, Y. Koschurinov
   Control of the dipole domain propagation in a GaAs/AlAs superlattice with a high-frequency field
   Phys. Rev. B 65, 155320 (2002).
4. E. Schöll, A. Amann, M. Rudolf, J. Unkelbach:
   Transverse spatio-temporal instabilities in the double barrier resonant tunnenling diode
   Physica B 314, 113 (2002).
5. A. Amann, A. Wacker, E. Schöll:
   Tripole current oszillations in superlattices
   Physica B 314, 404 (2002).
6. A. Amann, J. H. Schlesner, A. Wacker, E. Schöll:
   Chaotic front dynamics in semiconductor superlattices
   Phys Rev B. 65, 193313 (2002); arXiv:cond-mat/0112215.
7. A.-K. Jappsen, A. Amann, A. Wacker, E. Schomburg, E. Schöll:
   High frequency impedance of driven superlattices
   J. Appl. Phys. 92, 3137 (2002); arXiv:cond-mat/0112471.
8. O. Beck, A. Amann, E. Schöll, J. E. S. Socolar, W. Just:
   Comparison of time-delayed feedback schemes for spatiotemporal control of chaos in a reaction-diffusion system with global coupling
   Phys. Rev. E. 66, 016213 (2002).
9. N. Baba, A. Amann, E. Schöll, W. Just:
   Giant improvement of time-delayed feedback control by spatio-temporal filtering
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 074101 (2002).
10. A.-K. Jappsen, A. Amann, A. Wacker, E. Schomburg, E. Schöll
    Synchronisation of dipole domains in GHz driven superlattices
    Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5023, 220 (2002).
11. J. Unkelbach, A. Amann, P. Rodin, E. Schöll
    From bistability to spatio-temporal chaos in a resonant-tunneling diode
    Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5023, 330 (2002).
12. A. Amann, J. Schlesner, A. Wacker, E. Schöll
    Self-generated chaotic dynamics of field domains in superlattices
    ICPS-26 Conference Proceedings (2003).
13. W. Just, S. Popovich, A. Amann, N. Baba, E. Schöll
    Improvement of time-delayed feedback control by periodic modulation: analytical theory of Floquet mode control scheme
    Phys. Rev. E. 67, 026222 (2003).
14. J. Unkelbach, A. Amann, W. Just, E. Schöll
    Time-delay autosynchronization of the spatio-temporal dynamics in resonant tunneling diodes
    Phys. Rev. E 68, 026204 (2003); arXiv:cond-mat/0303385.
15. E. Schöll, A. Amann, J. Schlesner, J. Unkelbach, W. Just,
    Chaos control of nonlinear current oscillations in semiconductor hetrerostructure
    in: Proc. International Conference on Physics and Control (PhysCon 2003), Saint-Petersburg,
    Electronic Journal RUSYCON, 20.10.2003.
16. A. Amann, E. Schöll, N. Baba, W. Just,
    Time delayed feedback control of chaos by spatio-temporal filtering
    in: Proc. International Conference on Physics and Control (PhysCon 2003), Saint-Petersburg,
    Electronic Journal RUSYCON, 20.10.2003.
17. A. Amann, K. Peters, U. Parlitz, A. Wacker, E. Schöll
    A hybrid model for chaotic front dynamics
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 066601 (2003); arXiv:cond-mat/0302327.
18. J. Schlesner, A. Amann, N. B. Janson, W. Just, E. Schöll
    Self-stabilization of high frequency oscillations in semiconductor superlattices by time-delay autosynchronization
    Phys. Rev. E 68, 066208 (2003); arXiv:cond-mat/0303462.
19. J. Schlesner, A. Amann, N. B. Janson, W. Just, E. Schöll
    Self-stabilization of chaotic domain oscillations in superlattices by time-delayed feedback control
    Semicond. Sci. Technol. 19, S34 (2004).
20. A. Amann, E. Schöll
    Bifurcations in a system of interacting fronts
    J. Stat. Phys. 119, 1069 (2005).
21. D.-U. Hwang, M. Chavez, A. Amann, S. Boccaletti
    Synchronization in complex networks with age ordering
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 138701 (2005); arXiv:cond-mat/0412728.
22. M. Chavez, D.-U. Hwang, A. Amann, H. G. E. Hentschel, S. Boccaletti
    Synchronization is enhanced in weighted complex networks
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 218701 (2005).
23. E. Schöll, J. Pomplun, A. Amann, A. G. Balanov, N. B. Janson
    Time-delay feedback control of nonlinear stochastic oscillations
    ENOC-2005 Conference Proceedings (2005).
24. J. Pomplun, A. Amann, E. Schöll
    Mean field approximation of time-delayed feedback control of noise-induced oscillations in the Van der Pol system
    Europhys. Lett. 71, 366 (2005).
25. E. Schöll, G. Stegemann, A. Amann, A. G. Balanov
    Noise-induced patterns in semiconductor nanostructures and time-delayed feedback control
    AIP Conf. Proc. 780, 37 (2005).
26. J. Hizanidis, A. G. Balanov, A. Amann, E. Schöll
    Control of noise-induced oscillations in superlattices by delayed feedback
    AIP Conf. Proc. 780, 41 (2005).
27. A. Amann, E. Schöll
    Coupled lateral and vertical electron dynamics in semiconductor superlattices
    Phys. Rev. B 72, 165319 (2005).
28. M. Chavez, D.-U. Hwang, A. Amann, S. Boccaletti
    Synchronizing weighted complex networks
    Chaos 16, 015106 (2006).
29. J. Hizanidis, A. G. Balanov, A. Amann, E. Schöll
    Noise-induced oscillations and their control in semiconductor superlattices
    Int. J. Bifur. Chaos 16, 1701 (2006).
30. S. O'Brien, A. Amann, J. M. Rondinelli, R. Fehse, S. Osborne, E. P. O'Reilly
    Spectral Manipulation in Fabry-Pérot Lasers: Perturbative Inverse Scattering Approach
    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 1046 (2006).
31. S. Boccaletti, D.-U. Hwang, M. Chavez, A. Amann, J. Kurths, L. M. Pecora
    Synchronization in dynamical networks: Evolution along commutative graphs
    Phys. Rev. E 74, 016102 (2006).
32. J. Hizanidis, A. G. Balanov, A. Amann, E. Schöll
    Noise-induced front motion: Signature of a global bifurcation
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 244104 (2006).
33. S. O'Brien, S. Osborne, K. Buckley, R. Fehse, A. Amann, E. P. O'Reilly, L. P. Barry, P. Anandarajah, J. Patchell, J. O'Gorman
    Inverse scattering approach to multiwavelength Fabry-Pérot laser design
    Phys. Rev. A 74, 063814 (2006); arXiv:physics/0605089 (2006).
34. A. Amann, E. Schöll, W. Just
    Some basic remarks on eigenmode expansions of time-delay dynamics
    Physica A 373, 191 (2007).
35. E. Schöll, J. Hizanidis, A. G. Balanov, A. Amann
    Noise-induced current oscillations in superlattices: from stationary to moving domains
    AIP Conf. Proc. 893, 543 (2007).
36. F. Biancalana, A. Amann, A. V. Uskov, E. P. O'Reilly
    Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures
    Phys. Rev. E 75, 046607 (2007); arXiv:0705.1426 (2007).
37. A. Amann, W. Khunsin, G. Kocher, C. M. S. Torres, and E. P. O'Reilly
    Stochastic resonance in photonic crystal growth
    Proceedings of SPIE 6603, 660321 (2007).
38. S. Osborne, S. O'Brien, K. Buckley, R. Fehse, A. Amann, J. Patchell, B. Kelly, D. R. Jones, J. O'Gorman, E. P. O'Reilly
    Design of single-mode and two-color Fabry-Pérot lasers with patterned refractive index
    IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electr. 13, 1157 (2007).
39. F. Biancalana, A. Amann, E. P. O'Reilly
    Gap solitons in spatiotemporal photonic crystals
    Phys. Rev. A 77, 011801(R) (2008); arXiv:0706.1461 (2007).
40. F. Biancalana, A. Amann, E. P. O'Reilly
    Gap solitons in spatiotemporal photonic crystals and gratings
    Proceedings of SPIE 6989, 698909 (2008).
41. A. Amann, A. Pokrovskiy, S. Osborne, S. O'Brien
    Complex networks based on discrete-mode lasers
    J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 138, 012001 (2008).
42. A. Amann, M. P. Mortell, E. P. O'Reilly, M. Quinlan, D. Rachinskii
    Mechanism of synchronization in frequency dividers
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I 55, 190 (2009).
43. S. K. Saghir, A. Amann, E. P. O'Reilly
    Control of reflectivity and stop bands in a Bragg stack with a four-layer period
    Optics Communications 282, 867 (2009).
44. S. Osborne, A. Amann, K. Buckley, G. Ryan, S. P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, S. O'Brien
    Antiphase dynamics in a multimode semiconductor laser with optical injection
    Phys. Rev. A 79, 023834 (2009); arXiv:0812.0525 (2008).
45. S. Osborne, K. Buckley, A. Amann, S. O'Brien
    All-optical memory based on the injection locking bistability of a two-color laser diode
    Optics Express 17, 6293 (2009); arXiv:0812.1900 (2008).
46. H. Xu, A. Amann, E. Schöll, S. W. Teitsworth
    Dynamics of electronic transport in a semiconductor superlattice with a shunting side layer
    Phys. Rev. B 79, 245318 (2009); arXiv:0901.1672 (2009).
47. S. O'Brien, S. Osborne, D. Bitauld, A. Amann
    Design and applications of discrete mode Fabry-Perot diode lasers
    Photon Nanostruct: Fundam Appl 8, 218 (2010).
48. N. Brandonisio, P. Heinricht, A. Amann, S. Osborne, S. O'Brien
    All-optical memory based on a two-mode diode laser with optical feedback
    Proceedings of SPIE 7720, 77201R (2010).
49. S. O'Brien, S. Osborne, D. Bitauld, N. Brandonisio, A. Amann, R. Phelan, B. Kelly, J. O'Gorman
    Optical Synthesis of Terahertz and Millimeter-Wave Frequencies With Discrete Mode Diode Lasers
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 58, 3083 (2010).
50. A. Amann, M. Brokate, D. Rachinskii, G. Temnov
    Distribution of return point memory states for systems with stochastic inputs
    J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 268, 012001 (2011).
51. H. Khalil, Y. Sun, N. Balkan, A. Amann, M. Sopanen
    Nonlinear Dynamics of non-equilibrium holes in p-type modulation doped GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells
    Nanoscale Research Letters 6, 191 (2011).
52. P. Heinricht, B. Wetzel, S. O'Brien, A. Amann, S. Osborne
    Bistability in an injection locked two color laser with dual injection
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 011104 (2011).
53. N. Brandonisio, P. Heinricht, S. Osborne, A. Amann, S. O'Brien
    Wavelength switching performance of single- and dual-contact two-mode semiconductor lasers with current modulation
    J. Opt. 13, 125501 (2011).
54. A. Amann, M. Brokate, S. McCarthy, D. Rachinskii, G. Temnov
    Characterization of memory states of the Preisach operator with stochastic inputs
    Physica B (2011, in press).
55. R. Gutiérrez, A. Amann, S. Assenza, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, V. Latora, S. Boccaletti
    Emerging Meso- and Macroscales from Synchronization of Adaptive Networks
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 234103 (2011).
56. E. W. Hooton, A. Amann
    An analytical limitation for time-delayed feedback control in autonomous systems
    arXiv:1109.1138 (2011).
57. N. Brandonisio, P. Heinricht, S. Osborne, A. Amann, S. O'Brien
    Bistability and all-optical memory in dual-mode diode lasers with time-delayed optical feedback
    IEEE Photonics Journal 4, 95 (2012).
58. A. Amann
    Complex Networks Based on Coupled Two-Mode Lasers
    Book Chapter 10 in K. Lüdge (ed.) Nonlinear Laser Dynamics: From Quantum Dots to Cryptography, Wiley-VCH (2012)

Profiles

Conference Presentations

Teaching Resources

Doctoral Dissertation

Archive link to document server of TU Berlin

Awards

• Carl Ramsauer Prize 2004
• IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellowship 2006
• Science Foundation Ireland Starting Investigator Research Grant 2009

Previous works

• Interaction Between Instantons in Gauge Theory, 4th year thesis at the University of New South Wales, Australia (1995). Supervisor: M. Kuchiev
• Application of the Renormalization Group and the 1/N-Expansion to the SO(5) Model for High-Tc Superconductors, Diploma thesis at Bonn University (1998). Supervisor: H. Monien

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