Prof. Dr. Anatole Kenfack

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Physics,Quantum Optics,Numerical Analysis, Optimization, Simulation
KeywordsJosephson junction, directed transport (ratchets), Semiclassical Initial Value Representation (HK), Wigner & Husimi distributions, quantum optics, Dissociation & ionisation molecules, noise, laser, Electronic & nuclear fluxes, quatum chaos
Honours and awards

2005: Reimar Lüst Fellow

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityDresden
InstitutionMax-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
InstituteDepartment Condensed Matter

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jan-Michael RostMax-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2000

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2025K. S. Suraj, A. Kenfack, C. A. Akosa, G. Tatara Non-Hermitian transport of kicked atoms in an optical ratchet potential. In: Optics Communications, 2025,
2024 K. S. Suraj, A. Kenfack, C. A. Akosa, G. Tatara Directed transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with kicked interactions. In: Physics Letters A, 2024,
2023 A. Kenfack, K. S. Suraj: Spatial phase effect on quantum resonance ratchet transport of cold atoms. In: Physics Letters A, 2023,
2022A. J. Otaru, M. Abdulkadir, A. S. Kovo, M. R. Corfield, N. Tanko, O. A. Odey, A. Kenfack, U. O. Aroke: Three-dimensional high-resolution image inversion and pore level CFD characterisation of effective thermal conductivity of replicated microcellular structures. In: International Journal of Thermofluids, 2022,
2021A. Kenfack: Gravity effect on quantum resonance ratchet transport of cold atoms. In: Physical Review A, 2021,
2020A. J. Otaru, M. Abdulkadir, M. R. Corfield, A. Kenfack, N.Tanko: Computational evaluation of effective transport properties of differential microcellular structures. In: AIChE Journal , 2020,
2018Kamal P Singh, Anatole Kenfack, Jan M Rost, Thomas Pfeifer: Control of molecular breakup by an infrared pulse and a femtosecond pulse train. In: Physical Review A, 2018, 033406-033406-6
2016Anatole Kenfack: Comment on “Nonclassicality indicator for the real phase-space distribution functions”. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 2016, 036101-036101-2
2015Bruno S. Dandogbessi and Anatole Kenfack: Absolute negative mobility induced by potential phase modulation. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2015, 062903-062903-5
2015Nkongho Ayuketang Arreyndip and Kenfack Anatole: Comparing the Ratchet Effects of Cold Atoms in Periodically Symmetric and Asymmetric Optical Potentials. In: Physics Research International, 2015, 1-8
2015Bruno S Dandogbessi, Omololu Akin-Ojo and Anatole Kenfack: Controlling current reversals in chaotic ratchet transport. In: Physica Scripta, 2015, 055206-055206-7
2015Bruno S Dandogbessi, Omololu Akin-Ojo and Anatole Kenfack: Erratum: Controlling current reversals in a chaotic ratchet transport (2015 Phys. Scr. 90 055206). In: Physical Scripta, 2015, 69601-69601-1
2013DJ Diestler, A Kenfack, J Manz, B Paulus, JF Pérez-Torres, V Pohl: Computation of the Electronic Flux Density in the Born–Oppenheimer Approximation. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 8519-8527
2012Dennis J. Diestler, Anatole Kenfack, Joern Manz and Beate Paulus Coupled-Channels Quantum Theory of Electronic Flux Density in Electronically Adiabatic Processes: Application to the Hydrogen Molecule Ion. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A , 2012, 2736-2742
2012Anatole Kenfack, Shiladitya Banerjee and Beate Paulus: Probing electron correlation in molecules via quantum fluxes. In: Physical Review A, 2012, 032501--032501-6
2011Andre Ricardo Ribeiro Carvalho, Anatole Kenfack, Fabricio Toscano, Jan-Michael Rost and Alfredo Miguel Ozorio de Almeida Gaussian representation of extended quantum states . In: Physics Letters A, 2011, 19-23
2010U. E. Vincent, A. Kenfack, D. V. Senthilkumar, D. Mayer and J. Kurths: Current Reversals and Synchronization in Coupled Ratchets. In: Physical Review E, 2010, 046208-1-046208-5
2010 A. Kenfack, F. Marquardt, G. K. Paramonov, I. Barth, C. Lasser and B. Paulus Initial state dependence of coupled electronic and nuclear fluxes in molecules. In: Physical Review A, 2010, 052502-1-052502-7
2010A. Kenfack, I. Barth, F. Marquardt and B. Paulus Molecular isotopic effects on coupled electronic and nuclear fluxes. In: Physical Review A, 2010, 062502-1-062502-7
2010A. Kenfack and K. P. Singh: Stochastic Resonance in Coupled Bistable Systems. In: L. Fortuna, A. Fradkov and M. Frasca From physics to Control through an emergent view. World Scientific Series, Series B, Vol 15, 2010. 63-68
2010A. Kenfack and Kamal P. Singh: Stochastic Resonance in Coupled Underdamped Bistable Systems. In: Physical Review E, 2010, 046224-1-046224-5
2009I. Barth, H.-C. Hege, H. Ikeda A. Kenfack M. Koppitz J. Manz F.Marquardt and G.K. Paramonov: Concerted Quantum Effects of Electronic and Nuclear Fluxes in Molecules . In: Chemical Physics Letters , 2009, 118-123
2009A. Kaestner, F. Grossmann, S. Krause R. Schmidt, A. Kenfack and Jan M. Rost Steering a Molecule into Dissociation via Vibrational Excitation . In: New Journal of Physics, 2009, 083014-1-083014-7
2008Anatole Kenfack: Coherent and incoherent control of quantum systems - Quantum mechanics in phase space. Université Fran?ois Rabelais de Tours (France), 2008
2008Anatole Kenfack, Jiangbin Gong, and Arjendu K. Pattanayak: Controlling the Ratchet Effect for Cold Atoms.. In: Physical Review Letters, 2008, 044104-1-044104-4
2008K. Morawetz, S. Gemming, R. Luschtinetz L. M. Eng, G. Seifert and Anatole Kenfack: Current without bias and diode effect in shuttling transport of nanoshafts.. In: New Journal of Physics, 2008, 103014-1-103014-8
2008Anatole Kenfack, Jan M. Rost and Frank Grossmann: Dissociation and ionization of small molecules steered by external noise.. In: New Journal of Physics, 2008, 013020-013029
2008K.P. Singh, A. Kenfack, J.M. Rost: Femtosecond photodissociation of molecules facilitated by noise. In: Physical Review A, 2008, 022707-5pp
2008F. Toscano, A. Kenfack, A.R.R. Carvalho, J.M. Rost, A.M. Ozorio de Almeida: Husimi-Wigner representation of chaotic eigenstates . In: PROC. ROY. SOC. A, 2008, 1503-1524
2008Vincent UE, Anatole Kenfack: Synchronization and bifurcation structures in coupled periodically forced non-identical Duffing oscillators . In: PHYSICA SCRIPTA , 2008, 045005 -7pp
2007Anatole Kenfack, Sean M. Sweetnam, and Arjendu K. Pattanayak.: Bifurcations and sudden current change in ensembles of classically chaotic ratchets. In: Physical review E, 2007, 0562151-0562157
2005U.E.Vincent, A.Kenfack, A.N. Njah and O. Okinlade Bifurcation and chaos in coupled ratchets exhibiting synchronized dynamics. In: Physical Review E, 2005, 056213-1-056213-8
2005Anatole Kenfack and Jan M. Rost: Stochastic dissociation of diatomic molecules. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2005, 204322-1-204322-5
2004Anatole Kenfack and Karol Zyczkowski: Negativity of the Wigner function as an indicator of non-classicality. In: Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics., 2004, 396-404
2004Anatole Kenfack, Jan M Rost, Alfredo M Ozorio de Almeida: Optimal representations of quantum states by gaussians in phase space. In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics , 2004, 1645-1657
2003Anatole Kenfack: Bifurcation structure of two coupled periodically driven double-well Duffing oscillators. In: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2003, 205-218