Alexey F. Bunkin

Born: May 14th, 1952 in Moscow, USSR
Family: wife and two children
Nationality: Russian
Permanent Addresses:
Private:
Russia, 117133, Moscow, Vargy st., 26, ap.115
Telephone number: (007) (095) 339-4372
e-mail: abunkin@orc.ru
Institute's office:
Russia, 117942, Moscow, Vavilov st., 38,
Wave Research Center,
General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
e-mail: abunkin@orc.ru
Telephone: (007) (095) 952-0540
Fax: (007) (095) 135-8234

Current position:Main Investigator

SCHOOLING

Graduation: Moscow State University, Physics Department 1969-1975.
Master level: Physics Department, Moscow State University, 1975.
Postgraduation: Ph.D. level in radiophysics and quantum radiophysics , Physics Department, Moscow State University, 1979.
Doctor of Sciences Level in optics, Kiev State University, 1989.

Professional Experience:

1 Research Experience in Russia (former USSR).
- 1975- 1980 Moscow State University, Physics Department, Senior Laborant
- 1980 - 1983 Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry USSR Academy of Sciences, Heard of scientific group, Principal Investigator of laser applications in environmental research.
- 1983 - 1989 General Physics Institute, AS USSR, Moscow, USSR, Senior Researcher, Heard of scientific group
- 1989 - 1999, General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Principal Investigator.
- 1999 - present, Wave Research Center, General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Main Researcher, Head of the laboratory.
- 1984- The Lenin Komsomol Prize winner (Third level prize in science, art and technology in former USSR) for the set of articles on Nonlinear Raman spectroscopy.
- 1980 - present, Responsible Investigator of joint governmental programs on technological and environmental applications of lasers.
- 1982 - 1997, Participation in 11 expeditions on testing of new laser method and
technical applications in remote sensing.
2 - International Research Experience
- 1982, December - 1983, March, International scientific expedition, Mediterranean Sea.
- 1986 - Invited Scientist, Pech State University, Pech, Hungary, August-December 1986.
- 1996 -1997, Invited Scientist, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC/Rio).
- 1984 - 2001, Participation as speaker, invited speaker, in International Conferences on Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear optics, Environmental applications of lasers, Laser photochemistry etc.
3 - Other Academic Experiences
a) Five students advised at Ph.D. level
b) One student being advised at Ph.D. level
c) Six students advised at maser level

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Total about 150 publications, including 1 book, published in 1988 (in Russian);
   here follows the lists of most significant for a few last years.
   1. "Four-photon spectroscopy of collective interactions between water molecules and electromagnetic radiation"
   (with G.A.Lyakhov, A.A.Nurmatov and A.V.Rezov)
   Physical Review B v.52, 9360-9363, 1995
   2. "Four-photon polarization spectroscopy of water"
   (with A.A.Nurmatov)
   Laser Physics, v.4, 419-424, 1994
   3. "Four-photon polarization spectroscopy of water in a millimeter-wave radiation field"
   (with V.I.Grachev, G.A.Lyakhov, A.A.Nurmatov)
   JETP Letters, v.68, 283-286, 1998.
   4. "Origin of low-frequency spectrum structure of four-photon scattering in liquid water"
   (with G.A.Lyakhov, A.A.Nurmatov and N.A.Suiazov)
   "Appl. Phys. B v.66, 91-94, 1998
   5. " The interior structure of degassed water as studied by the four-photon polarization spectroscopy method"
   (with N.F.Bunkin, A.V.Lobeyev and A.A.Nurmatov)
   Physics Letters A, 225, 349-355, 1996.
   6. "Versatile compact lidar for remote characterization of natural water, soil and vegetation"
   (with S.M.Pershin)
   BRAS Physics of Vibrations, v.61, 164-174, 1997.
   7."Temperature anomalies in the envelope of spontaneous Raman scattering at O-H vibrations in liquid water"
   (with S.M.Pershin)
   BRAS Physics of vibrations, v.61, 158-163, 1997.
   8."Recording vertical structure of optical characteristics of the upper ocean by a method of local gradient extreme of lidar return"
   (with V.E.Zubkov)
   BRAS Physics of vibrations, v.59, p.p.165-172, 1995.
   9. "Detection of the structure of the wing of the Rayleigh line in ice, water, and heavy water using four-photon polarization spectroscopy"
   (with N.P.Andreeva and A.A.Nurmatov)
   JETP Letters, v.69, 11-14, 1999.
   10. "Helicopter-based lidar complex for emission and fluorescence remote sensing of terrain surfaces"
   (with M.A.Davydov, A.V.Rezov, A.L.Surovegin and D.Yu.Tsipenyuk)
   Laser physics, v.4, p.p.1198-1201, 1994.
   11. "Spectral structure of four-photon scattering in Rayleigh line wing in liquid water"
   (with G.A.Lyakhov, A.A.Nurmatov and N.V.Suyazov)
   Optics and Spectroscopy, v.82, 589-592, 1997.
   12. "Four-photon Rayleigh-wing spectroscopy in binary aqueous solutions:
   a new approach to the investigation of liquid state structure"
   (with N.F.Bunkin, A.V.Lobeev and A.A.Nurmatov)
   BRAS Physisc of vibrations v. 61, 153-157, 1997.
   13. "Four-photon spectroscopy of liquid water and aqueous solutions"
   (with G.A.Lyakhov, A.A.Nurmatov and N.V.Suyazov)
   BRAS Physics of Vibrations, v.61, 135-152, 1997.
   14. "Nonlinear laser spectroscopy of associated liquids"
   (with G.A.Lyakhov, A.A.Nurmatov, N.V.Suyazov)
   In: Laser Methods for Investigating water and Aqueous Solutions, Moscow, Nauka, 1997,
   p.p. 5-26.
   15. "Detection of the fine structure of the Rayleigh line wing in ice and liquid water using four-photon polarization spectroscopy"
   (with N.P.Andreeva and A.A.Nurmatov)
   Optics and Spectroscopy, v.86, 513-516, 1999.
   16. "Laser Remote Sensing of the Ocean. Methods and Applications"
   (with K.Voliak)
   John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York.
   17. Four-photon Raman spectroscopy of intermolecular vibrations in water solutions of electrolytes"
   (with N.P.Andreeva).

   MAIN FIELD OF INTEREST
   The field of scientific interest are:
   - environmental applications of laser methods, pollution's detection in water, air, soil, characterization of green plants, three dimensional measurements of termodinamical parameters of the ocean, laser methods of view through high scattering media;
   - four - photon spectroscopy of liquids, low frequency intermolecular vibrations in liquids with strong hydrogen bonds, internal structure of associated solutions;
   - laser technology, tunable lasers, solid state lasers, laser radiation interaction with matter.
   Chronicle of scientific activity:
   1973-1980 development of new methods of four-photon Raman spectroscopy of liquids (increasing of sensitivity, spectral resolution etc.), installation of new types of tunable lasers for spectroscopic applications;
   1980-1983 development of new methods of laser remote sensing and laser methods for geochemistry and analytical chemistry (Raman and fluorescence methods, photo-acoustical methods, multiphoton methods) , detection of ultra low concentration of impurities in liquids and gases;
   1983-1986 practical application of developed technics for laser remote sensing during a set of airborne and shipborne expeditions, application of four-photon Raman spectroscopy for investigation of internal structure of liquid water;
   1986-1991 development of nonlinear Raman methods of laser remote sensing and it's practical application, development of new method of laser spectroscopy - four-photon polarization Rayleigh wing spectroscopy- an effective method of interrogation of intrinsic structure of liquid water;
   1991- present development of laser remote sensing technology and apparatus for helicopter board applications, farther development of low frequency four-photon spectroscopy for liquid water and associated solutions molecular clusters researches.

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