“…The above factors require a development of specific approaches to stability analysis of various spatially extended systems. 16,[19][20][21][22] In this paper, we propose an approach for the calculation of the spectrum of Lyapunov exponents for a system of coupled Poisson and continuity equations, and apply this method to a strongly coupled semiconductor superlattice (SL) operating in the miniband transport regime. 23,24 We should note that for weakly coupled SLs, in which the resonant tunneling transport mechanism dominates, the charge dynamics can be described by a spatially discrete version of the Poisson and continuity equations.…”