Anton Trifonov

Major Fields of Scientific Research

Optical parametric generators and amplifiers, Ultra fast phenomena.
Ultra short laser pulse generation and characterization, Nonlinear optics, Solid state lasers

Academic Career

2010 - Present:
Sofia University, Project leader of an reintegration project focused on establishing of an ultrafast molecular phenomena laboratory for research, education and training

2006 - 2010:
Boston College
Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Torsten Fiebig. Research on NSF grant for development of a time-resolved circular dichroism spectrometer.

2001 - 2005:
Technical University Munich
PhD in Physical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, TU-Munich, Germany (Supervisor Dr. T. Fiebig). Thesis on Femtosecond spectroscopy investigations of bio-molecular systems.

1997 - 2001:
Sofia University, Institute for Laser Technique Research.
Researcher. Development of laser material processing equipment, solid-state and diode lasers for scientific and medical applications.

1991 - 1996:
Sofia University
MS in Engineering Physics, Department of Quantum Electronics, Sofia University, Bulgaria

Publications

I. Buchvarov et al, Towards an understanding of white-light generation in cubic media - Polarization properties across the entire spectral range, Optics Letters 32, no. 11, pp. 1539-1541 (2007)

I. Buchvarov et al, Electronic energy delocalization and dissipation in single- and double-stranded DNA, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104, no. 12, 4794-4797 (2007);

A. Trifonov et al, Ultrafast Energy Transfer and Structural Dynamics in DNA. J. Phys. Chem. B 109, no. 41, pp. 19490-19495 (2005).

A Iglev et al, Photoionization dynamics of an aqueous iodide solution: the temperature dependence, ChemPhysLett 403, pp. 198-204 (2005).

P. Kaden et al, Real-Time Spectroscopic and Chemical Probing of Reductive Electron Transfer in DNA, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 44, pp. 1636 - 1639 (2005).

A. Trifonov et al, Real-Time Observation of Hydrogen Bond-Assisted Electron Transfer to a DNA Base, Chem. Phys. Lett. 409, pp.277 - 280 (2005).

C. Lambert et al, Photoinduced Charge Transfer Processes along Triarylamine Redox Cascades. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 10600 - 10610 (2005).

I. Nikolov et al, Cavity design for diode end-pumped passive mode-locked solid state laser. Proc. SPIE Vol. 5226, 64-68 (2003)

Contacts

E-mail: a.trifonov@phys.uni-sofia.bg

Tel.: +359 2 8161733