List of publications of Valentyn I. Prokhorenko

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• Prokhorenko, V.I., Nagy, A.M., Brown, L.S., and Miller, R.J.D. On the mechanism of weak-field coherent control of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin. Chem. Phys., 2007 (accepted)
   
• Balaban, T.S., Berova, N., Drain, C.M., Hauschild, R., Huang, X., Kalt, H., Lebedkin, S., Lehn, J-M., Nifaitis, F., Pescitelli, G., Prokhorenko, V.I., Riedel, G., Smeureanu, G., and Zeller, J. Synthesis and energy transfer in multiporphyrin arrays self-assembled with hydrogen bonding recognition groups: towards artificial light-harvesting devices. Chem. Eur. J., 2007 (available online)
   
• Nagy, A., Prokhorenko, V., and Miller, R.J.D. Do we live in a quantum world? Advances in multidimensional coherent spectroscopies refine our understanding of quantum coherences and structural dynamics of biological systems. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 16:645-663, 2006
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Nagy, A.M., Waschuk, S.A., Brown, L.S., Birge, R.R., and Miller, R.J.D. Coherent control of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin. Science, 313:1257-1261, 2006
   
• Zietz, B., Prokhorenko, V.I., Holzwarth, A.R., and Gillbro, T. Comparative study of the energy transfer kinetics in artificial BChl e aggregates containing a BChl a acceptor and BChl e containing chlorosomes of Chlorobium phaeobacteroides. J. Phys. Chem. B 110:1388-1393, 2006
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Nagy, A.M., Brown, L.S., and Miller, R.J.D. Optimal control of the isomerization yield in bacteriorhodopsin using tailored light pulses. In Photonic Applications in Nonlinear Optics, Nanophotonics, and Microwave Photonics. Morandotti, R., Ruda, H.E. and Yao, J., eds. Proc. SPIE v. 5971, pp. 59710K-1-11, 2005
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Nagy, A.M., and Miller, R.J.D. Coherent control of the population transfer in complex solvated molecules. An experimental study. J. Chem. Phys. 122: 184502 1-11, 2005
   
• Hauschild, R., Riedel, G., Zeller, J., Balaban, T.S., Prokhorenko, V.I., Kalt, H., Berova, N., Pescitelli, R., and Nakanishi, K. Comparative study of energy transfer processes in several porphyrin-based artificial light-harvesting molecules. J. Luminesc. 112: 454-457, 2005
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., van Grondelle, R., and Miller, R.J.D. Photon echo study of the electron-phonon coupling strength in molecules and molecular aggregates. In Springer Series in Chemical Physics 79:601-603 , 2004
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Steensgaard, D.B., and Holzwarth, A.R. Exciton theory for supramolecular chlorosomal aggregates. I. Aggregate size dependence of the linear spectra. Biophys. J., 85:3173-3186, 2003
   
• Balaban, T.S., Fromme, P., Holzwarth, A.R., Krauß, N., and Prokhorenko, V.I. Relevance of the diastereotopic ligation of magnesium atoms of chlorophylls in Photosystem I. BBA 1556: 197-207, 2002
   

•  Prokhorenko, V.I., Holzwarth, A.R., Müller, M.G., Schaffner, K., Miyatake, T., and Tamiaki, H. Energy transfer in supramolecular artificial antennae units of synthetic zinc chlorins and co-aggregated energy traps. A time-resolved fluorescence study. J. Phys. Chem. B. 106: 5761-5768, 2002
   

• Prokhorenko, V.I., Holzwarth, A.R., Nowak, F.R., and Aartsma, T.J. Growing-in of optical coherence in the FMO antenna complexes. J. Phys. Chem. B. 106: 9923-9933, 2002
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Katterle, M., Holzwarth, A.R., Schaffner, K., Miyatake, T., and Tamiaki, H. Energy transfer from supramolecular assemblies of synthetic zinc chlorines to attached energy traps. In: Femtochemistry and femtobiology. Ultrafast dynamics in molecular science. Abderrazzak, D., and Santamaria, J., Eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 2002
   
• Holzwarth, A.R., Katterle, M., Müller, M.G., Ma, Y.-Z., and Prokhorenko, V.I. Electron transfer dyads suitable for novel self-assembled light-harvesting antenna-electron transfer devices. Pure Appl. Chem. 73, 469-474, 2001
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Steensgaard, D.B., and Holzwarth, A.R. Exciton dynamics in the chlorosomal antennae of the green bacteria Chloroflexus aurantiacus and Chlorobium tepidum. Biophys.J. 79:2105-2120, 2000
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. and Holzwarth, A.R. Primary processes and structure of the photosystem II reaction center: A photon echo study. J. Phys. Chem. B 104:11563-11578, 2000
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Holzwarth, A.R., Nowak, F.R., and Aartsma, T.J. Highly unusual growing-in of coherence and strong oscillations in the bacterial FMO antenna complexes, observed in photon echo kinetics. In: Ultrafast Phenomena XII, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Vol. 66; Elsaesser, T., Mukamel, S., Murnane, M.M., and Scherer, N.F., Eds., Springer, Berlin, 2000; pp. 656-658
   
• Chibisov, A.K., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Görner, H. Effects of surfactants on the aggregation behavior of thiacarbocyanine dyes. Chem.Phys. 250:47-60, 1999
   
• Schuster, D.I., Cheng, P., Wilson, S.R., Prokhorenko, V.I., Katterle, M., Holzwarth, A.R., Braslavsky, S.E., Klihm, G., Williams, R.M., and Luo, C. Photodynamics of a constrained parachute-shaped fullerene-porphyrin dyad. J.Am.Chem.Soc. 121:11600-11601, 1999
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. and Holzwarth, A.R. Primary charge separation at low temperatures in D1-D2 reaction centers studied by photon echo and pump-probe spectroscopy. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects/Proc.XIth Int.Congr.Photosynthesis Budapest 1998, edited by G.Garab,Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998,p. 1033-1036
   
• Sugak, D.Y., Matkovskii, A.O., Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., Suchocki, A., Durygin, A.M., Solskii, I.M., and Shakhov, A.P. Influence of the gamma-radiation on the generation characteristics of the YAIO3:Nd crystals. Acta Phys. Pol. A 93:643-648, 1998
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Experimental investigation of the spatial structure of the beam profile of a laser with a Sagnac interferometer. Quantum Electronics, 26:327-329, 1996
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Fekeshgazi, I.V., May, K., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Two-photon absorption coefficient measurements at nonlinear transmission. J. Appl. Sp. 63:586-592, 1996
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Spatial profile of laser beam in antiresonant ring cavity: experimental study. Proc. SPIE 2698:251-254, 1996
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. and Yatskiv, D.Y. Gaussian optics of asymmetrical interferometers with zero optical path difference. Proc. SPIE 2778:652-653, 1996
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. The limiting possibilities of the satellite laser ranging. Proc.SPIE 2778:992-993, 1996
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. The limit accuracy of laser ranging of the Earth artificial satellites. Space Science & Technology 2:70-81, 1996
   
• Sugak, D.Y., Matkovskii, A.O., Solskii, I.M., Stefanskii, I.V., Gaba, V.M., Mikhalevich, A.T., Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., Kopko, B.N., and Oliinyk, V.Y. Growth and investigation of LiNbO3:MgO single crystals. Proc. SPIE 2795:257-264, 1996
   
• Bondar, M.V., Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., Sukhovatkin, V.N., and Yatskiv, D.Y. COBRA-1A stable single-mode laser with an active Q-swich. Instrum. Exp. Tech. Part 2, 38:762-764, 1995
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Characteristics of single-frequency emission from a laser with a cavity based on a Sagnac interferometer. Quantum Electronics, 25:341-344, 1995
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Pulsed picosecond KGW-Nd3+ laser based on the Sagnac interferometer. Opt. Eng. 34:1016-1018, 1995
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Fekeshgazi, I.V., May, K., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Laser complex for investigation of semiconductors nonlinear constants. Proc. SPIE 2648:628-632, 1995
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Tikhonov, E.A., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Measurement of fluorescence decay by streak-camera ”Agat” in a strobe mode. J. Appl. Sp. 62:128-134, 1995
   
• Grabovskii, V.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., and Sukhovatkin, V.N. The specific features of laser-pulse amplification in double-pass one-step amplifiers. Kvantovaya Elektron. 19:865-868, 1992
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Tikhonov, E.A., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Optical properties of certain modifications of Sagnac interferometer. Zhurn. Teknh. Fiz. 61:72-79, 1991
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Bezrodnij, V.I.,  Yatskiv, D.Y., and Tikhonov, E.A. “Laser”, pat. USSR #1671105, priority on April 15, 1991
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Surovtsev, D.V., Tikhonov, E.A., and Yatskiv, D.Y. A high stable picosecond pulsed GSGG:Nd laser with a cavity utilizing a Sagnac interferometer. Kvantovaya Elektron. 17:288-291, 1990
   
• Bondarev, B.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., Rodionov, G.D., Sorokin, V.B., Slominskii, Y.L., and Tikhonov, E.A. The stimulated emission of femtosecond light pulses from a laser with combined mode-locking and new saturable absorbers. Kvantovaya Elektron. 16:32-36, 1989
   
• Bezrodnij, V.I., Prokhorenko, V.I., Tikhonov, E.A., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Lasers of ultrashort pulses based on Sagnac interferometer. In “Quantum Electronics”, Fekeshgazi, I.V., Ed., “Naukova Dumka”, Kiev, Ukraine, v.35, pp 6-13, 1988
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Tikhonov, E.A., and Yatskiv, D.Y. Frequency-tunable laser of the ultrashort pulses with synchronous pumping based on the Sagnac schematic. Zhurn. Tekhn. Fiz. Lett. 13:549-552, 1987
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Tikhonov, E.A., Yatskiv, D.Y., and Bushmakin, E.N. Stimulated-emission of ultrashort pulses from a YAG-Nd3+ laser in the scheme with colliding pulses. Kvantovaya Elektron. 14:804-810, 1987
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. and Tikhonov, E.A. Temporal characteristics of the stimulated emission from a traveling-wave dye laser with 2-photon optical pumping of the picosecond duration. Kvantovaya Elektron. 13:1848-1858, 1986
   
• Melishchuk, M.V., Prokhorenko, V.I., Djadusha, G.G., Tikhonov, E.A., and Slominskii, Y.L. Polymethine dyes for passive Q-switch of lasers. Reprint of Institute of Physics of Ukr.Ac.Sci. 13:1-59, 1986
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I. and Tikhonov, E.A. Temporal characteristics of the single-pass dye lasers with two-photon pumping. In “Quantum Electronics”, Fekeshgazi, I.V., Ed., “Naukova Dumka”, Kiev, Ukraine, v.31, pp 3-15, 1986
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Melishchuk, M.V., and Tikhonov, E.A. Spectroscopy of nonlinear absorption of polymethine dyes at 1.064 micron. Ukr. Fiz. Zh. 30:1480-1488, 1985
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Melishchuk, M.V., and Tikhonov, E.A. Pump-Probe measurements of ultrafast relaxation in dyes. Reprint of Institute of Physics of Ukr.Ac.Sci. 1:1-32, 1983
   
• Brekhov, O.M., Lebedev, V.B., Prokhorenko, V.I., Stepanov, B.M., Tikhonov, E.A., Chuvasov, G.I., and Shpak, M.T. Electron-optical recordering of the fluctuational subpicosecond structure in the Neodymium laser radiation. Kvantovaya Elektron. 9:1471-1473, 1982
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Melishchuk, M.V., and Tikhonov, E.A. Characteristics of non-linear light absorption in dye solutions in the radiation field of nanosecond and picosecond durations. Zhurn. Tekhn. Fiz. 51:955-964, 1981
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Tikhonov, E.A., and Shpak, M.T. Super-radiant dye solution laser with two-photon picosecond optical pumping. Kvantovaya Elektron. 8:229-231, 1981
   
• Prokhorenko, V.I., Melishchuk, M.V., and Tikhonov, E.A. Measurement of the ultrashort population relaxation time in dye solutions. Ukr. Fiz. Zh. 25:1218-1220, 1980
   

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