Conference Contributions The 15th International Conference on Crystal Growth USA, Aug. 12-17, 2007 J. J. Carvajal, B. Raghothamachar, O. Silvestre, H. Chen, M. C. Pujol, M. Dudley, F. Díaz, M. Aguiló "Effect of structural defects on stimulated emission (or lasing) in KY0.8Yb0.2(WO4)2/KY(WO4)2 and KLu0.8Yb0.2(WO4)2/KLu(WO4)2 epitaxial structures: An investigation by X-ray white beam topography" J. J. Carvajal, O. Silvestre, M. C. Pujol, R. Sole, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "Epitaxial growth of Tm:KLu(WO4)2/KLu(WO4)2 thin layers" J. J. Carvajal, M. Galceran, M. C. Pujol, F. Díaz, M. Aguiló "Synthesis and characterization of KTiOPO4 nano- and microcrystals prepared by modified Pechini method" J. J. Carvajal, W. Bolaños, J. Massons, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "Identification of the binomium substrate/epitaxial layer to generate active planar waveguides in the system K(Y1-x-yGdxLuy)(WO4)2 doped with Yb3+" J. J. Carvajal, A. Peña, Jna. Gavaldá, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "New growth strategies to enhance IR and visible emissions in crystals of the KTiOPO4 family doped with lanthanide ions" J. J. Carvajal, A. Peña, T. Trifonov, A. Rodríguez, R. Alcubilla, J. Pallarès, L. F. Marsal, J. Martorell, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "Crystal growth by liquid-phase epitaxy of nonlinear optical 2D and 3D KTiOPO4 photonic structures within a Si macroporous membrane" 2007 E-MRS Spring Meeting France, May 28 - June 01, 2007 J. M. Cano-Tores, X. Han, A. Garcia-Cortes, M. D. Serrano, C. Zaldo, F. J. Valle, X. Mateos, S. Rivier, U. Griebner, V. Petrov "Infrared spectroscopic and laser characterization of Tm in disordered double tungstates" A. García-Cortés, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo "Growth, structural and spectroscopic properties of Yb3+-doped Li0.75Gd0.75Ba0.5(MoO4)2 crystals" M. Pollnau "Rare-earth-ion-doped double-tungstate waveguides" Y. Luo, F. Gardillou, C. N. Borca, D. Coric, Y. E. Romanyuk, M. Pollnau, P. Hoffmann, R. P. Salathé "Measurement of propagation loss in rare-earth-ion-doped potassium yttrium double tungstate (KYW) waveguides by optical low coherence reflectometry" M. Galceran, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline Yb:Lu2O3 by modified Pechini method" O. Silvestre, M. C. Pujol, R. Solé, W. Bolaños, J. J. Carvajal, J. Massons, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Ln3+:KLu(WO4)2/KLu(WO4)2 epitaxial layers: Crystal growth and physical characterisation" International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies (LAT 2007) Belarus, May 28 - June 01, 2007 M. Pollnau "Dielectric waveguide lasers" Fifth International Conference on Solid State Crystals and Eighth Polish Conference on Crystal Growtn, ICSSC-5 & PCCG-8 Poland, May 20-24, 2007 M. T. Borowiec, V. P. Dyakonov, T. Zayarnyuk, M. Berkowski, A. Szewczyk, M. Gutowska, E. E. Zubov, W. Domuchowski, M. Baranski, H.Szymczak "Growth and magnetic properties of rubidium rare earth double tungstates single crystals" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO’07 USA, May 06-11, 2007 S. Rivier, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, A. Gross, S. Vernay, V. Wesemann, D. Rytz "Segmented growth of monoclinic Yb:KY(WO4)2/KY(WO4)2 and its laser operation" X. Mateos, S. Rivier, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, A. García-Cortés, J. M. Cano-Torres, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo "Tunable laser operation of Yb:NaY(WO4)2" J. Liu, X. Mateos, V. Petrov, H. Zhang, J. Li, J. Wang "High-power diode-pumped lasers based on Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 crystals cut along the crystallographic axes" V. Pasiskevicius, S. Bjurshagen, M. D. Serrano, A. García, M. Rico, C. Zaldo "NaLa(WO4)2 and NaY(WO4)2 Raman converters for picosecond pulses" B. Jacobsson, J. E. Hellström, V. Pasiskevicius, F. Laurell "Widely tunable Yb:KYW laser locked by a volume Bragg grating" S. Rivier, X. Mateos, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, Y. E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, F. Gardillou, M. Pollnau "KY(WO4)2:Tm3+ planar waveguide laser" Advanced Solid-State Photonics 2007 Canada, Jan 28-31, 2007 S. Rivier, X. Mateos, J. Liu, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, M. Zorn, M. Weyers, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang "58 fs pulses from a mode-locked Yb:LuVO4 laser" M. Rico, X. Mateos, J. Liu, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, J. M. Cano-Torres, M. D. Serrano, C. Zaldo, F. J. Valle, M. Galán, G. Viera "Laser operation of Tm near 2-µm in the disordered double tungstate host NaGd(WO4)2" X. Mateos, S. Rivier, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, X. Han, J. M. Cano-Torres, A. García-Cortés, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo "Continuous-wave and mode-locked laser operation of Yb:NaLu(WO4)2" I. Parreu, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, X. Mateos, V. Petrov "Lasing of Yb3+ in the non-centrosymmetric host KGd(PO3)4" X. Mateos, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, Ó. Silvestre, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "Tunable laser operation of Tm-doped epitaxial layers of monoclinic KLu(WO4)2 near 2-µm" J. E. Hellström, B. Jacobsson, V. Pasiskevicius, F. Laurell "Tunable Yb:KYW laser with a volume Bragg grating" Photonics West, Solid State Lasers XVI: Technology and Devices USA, Jan 20-25, 2007 J. Liu, V. Petrov, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang, U. Griebner, F. Noack "Continuous-wave diode-pumped LuVO4 lasers" 14th International School on Quantum Electronics, "Laser Physics and Applications" Bulgaria, Sep 18-22, 2006 V. Petrov "Novel ytterbium and thulium lasers based on the monoclinic KLu(WO4)2 crystalline host" 2nd EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference Solid-State and Fiber Coherent Light Sources Italy, Sep 10-15, 2006 X. Han, J. M. Cano-Torres, A. García-Cortés, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, X. Mateos, S. Rivier, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, F. J. Valle "Crystal growth, structure, spectroscopy, and lasing of NaLu1-xYbx(WO4)2" J. M. Cano-Torres, M. D. Serrano, C. Zaldo, F. J. Valle, M. Rico, X. Mateos, J. Liu, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, M. Galán, G. Viera "Broadly tunable operation of Tm3+ in locally disordered NaGd(WO4)2 near 2 µm" J. Liu, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang "Polarization switching in a continuous-wave Yb:GdVO4 laser" X. Mateos, J. Liu, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang "Room temperature cw lasing of Tm:LuVO4 near 1.9 µm" X. Mateos, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, O. Silvestre, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Laser operation of a Tm-doped epitaxial tungstate crystal Tm:KLu(WO4)2/KLu(WO4)2 in the 2 µm spectral range" 6th International Conference on f-elements Poland, Sep 04-09, 2006 C. Cascales, A. García-Gortés, X. Han, C. Zaldo, M. Rico, U. Griebner, V. Petrov "Structural and spectroscopic issues in tetragonal double tungstate laser hosts" M. T. Borowiec, V. P. Dyakonov, A. Majchrowski, E. Zubov, T. Zayarnyuk, M. Arciszewska, W. Dobrowolski, W. Domukchowski, J. Zmija, H. Szymczak "Magnetic properties of the double tungstates" M. T. Borowiec, V. P. Dyakonov, K. Wozniak, A. Majchrowski, E. Zubov, T. Zayarnyuk, L. Dobrzycki, A. D. Prochorov, W. Domuchovski, A. Szewczyk, M. Gutowska, J. Zmija, H. Szymczak "The influence of symmetry on physical properties of the rare earth double tungstate" 2006 E-MRS Fall Meeting Poland, Sep 04-08, 2006 M. T. Borowiec, A. Deptula, W. Lojkowski, S. Gierlatka, V. P. Dyakonov, W. Lada, T. Olczak, D. Wawszczak, P. Aleshkevych, W. Domuchovski, T. Zayarnyuk, M. Baranski, H. Szymczak "Growth and properties of ytterbium doped KY(WO4)2 nanocomposites" International Conference on Physics of Optical Materials and Devices Montenegro, Aug 31-Sep 02, 2006 M. T. Borowiec, V. P. Dyakonov, A. D. Prochorov, A. Majchrowski, T. Zayarnyuk, I. Kryniecki, A. Szewczyk, M. Gutowska, J. Zmija, H. Szymczak "The cooperative Jahn-Teller effect in rare earth double tungstate" 15th International Laser Physics Workshop Switzerland, July 24-28, 2006 F. Gardillou, Y. E. Romanyuk, M. Pavius, C. N. Borca, R. -P. Salathé, M. Pollnau "Focused-ion-beam nano-structured rib channel waveguides in KY(WO4)2 for laser applications" C. N. Borca, F. Gardillou, Y. E. Romanyuk, C. Hibert, R. -P. Salathé, M. Pollnau "Optical rib waveguides in Yb-doped KY(WO4)2 epilayers" XII Conference on Laser Optics Russia, June 26-30, 2006 U. Griebner "Ultrashort-pulse lasers based on novel Yb-doped tungstate crystals" 2006 E-MRS Spring Meeting France, May 29- June 02, 2006 C. N. Borca, V. Apostolopoulos, R. -P. Salathé "Buried channel waveguides in Yb-doped KYW crystals fabricated by femtosecond-irradiation" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO’06 USA, May 21-26, 2006 M. Rico, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, X. Han, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo "Efficient and tunable laser operation of the disordered crystal Yb:LiGd(MoO4)2 near 1 µm" J. Liu, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, C. Kränkel, R. Peters, K. Petermann, G. Huber, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang "Diode-pumped Yb:TVO4 (T=Y, Gd, and Lu) lasers provide output powers exceeding 4 W in the continuous-wave regime" J. E. Hellström, S. Bjurshagen, V. Pasiskevicius, J. Liu, U. Griebner, V. Petrov "Efficient Yb:KGW lasers end-pumped by high-power diode bars" X. Mateos, J. Liu, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz, M. Galan, G. Viera "Efficient continuous-wave laser operation of Tm:KLu(WO4)2 near 2 µm" C. N. Borca, Y. E. Romanyuk, F. Gardillou, M. Pollnau, M.-P. Bernal, P. Moretti "Optical channel waveguides in KY(WO4)2:Yb3+" Defence & Security Symposium USA, Apr 17-21, 2006 V. Petrov, K. Petermann, U. Griebner, V. Peters, J. Liu, M. Rico, P. Klopp, G. Huber "Continuous-wave and mode-locked lasers based on cubic sesquioxide crystalline hosts" V. Petrov, J. Liu, M. Galan, G. Viera, C. Pujol, U. Griebner, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Efficient diode-pumped cw Tm:KLu(WO4)2 laser" Encuentro Franco-Español De Química y Física del Estado Sólido Spain, Apr 04-06, 2006 F. Güell, J. Massons, Jna. Gavaldá, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, V. Petrov, U. Griebner "Continuous-wave lasing of Tm3+:KGd(WO4)2 in the 2 µm spectral range at room temperature" I.Parreu, M.C. Pujol, F. Güell, R. Solé, F. Gavaldá, J. Massons, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Crystal growth and optical and spectroscopic characterization of type III KYb0.05Gd0.95(PO3)4" M. Galceran, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "KYb(WO4)2 nanocrystals: Synthesis and optical characterization" A. Peña, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, P. Segonds, B. Boulanger, B. Ménaert, J. Zaccaro, J. Debray "Self SHG (type II) for RTP:Nb,Yb crystals" O. Silvestre, M. C. Pujol, F. Güell, R. Solé, F. Gavaldá, J. Massons, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz "Epitaxial growth of Tm:KLu(WO4)2 thin layers by Liquid Phase Epitaxy" Swiss Physical Society Meeting Switzerland, Feb 13-14, 2006 C. N. Borca, Y. E. Romanyuk, V. Apostolopoulos, F. Gardillou, M. Pollnau, R.-P. Salathé, P. Moretti "Optical channel waveguides in KY(WO4)2:Yb3+" Y.E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, M. Pollnau, U. Griebner, S. Rivier, V. Petrov "Planar waveguide laser in Yb-doped potassium yttrium tungstate" Advanced Solid-State Photonics 2006 USA, Jan 29-Feb 01, 2006 J. Liu, V. Petrov, X. Mateos, U. Griebner, H. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Jiang, C. Kränkel, K. Petermann "Continuous-wave lasing of Yb:LuVO4" J. E. Hellström, S. Bjurshagen, V. Pasiskevicius, F. Laurell "Experimental investigation of the athermal orientation in Yb:KGW" NaNaX 2 - Nanoscience with Nanocrystals France, Jan 07-10, 2006 M. Galceran, M.C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "KRE(WO4)2(RE=Gd, Yb) nanocrystals: Synthesis and characterisation" 2005 MRS Fall Meeting USA, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2005 A. Deptula, M. T. Borowiec, W. Lada, T. Olczak, D Wawszczak, T. Zayarniuk, V. Domukhovski, P. Aleshkevych, H. Szymczak "Synthesis of KY(WO4)2 and doped nanocomposites by Complex Sol-Gel Process" First Conference on Advances in Optical Materials AIOM2005 USA, Oct 12-15, 2005 V. Petrov, M. Rico, J. Liu, U. Griebner, X. Mateos, J. M. Cano-Torres, V. Volkov, F. Esteban-Betegón, M. D. Serrano, X. Han, C. Zaldo "Continuous-wave laser operation of disordered double tungstate and molybdate crystals doped with ytterbium" V. Petrov, S. Rivier, U. Griebner, J. Liu, X. Mateos, A. Aznar, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Epitaxially grown Yb:KLu(WO4)2 composites for continuous-wave and mode-locked lasers in the 1 µm spectral range" International Symposium on Coherent Optical Sources Japan, July 16, 2005 M. Pollnau "Optical waveguides in crystalline oxide materials: Growth, structuring, characterization, and applications" 16th Americal Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy ACCGE16 USA, July 10-15, 2005 Y. E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, M. Pollnau, L. L. Kuandykov "Thin layers of KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ for waveguide lasers" 14th International Laser Physics Workshop Japan, July 4-8, 2005 Y. E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, M. Pollnau, S. Rivier, V. Petrov, U. Griebner "High slope efficiency in epitaxially grown KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ waveguide laser" C.N. Borca, F. Zäh, C. Schnider, R.P. Salathé, M. Pollnau, P. Moretti "Optical planar waveguides in KY(WO4)2 formed by ion-beam implantation" 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks – ICTON 2005 Spain, July 3-7, 2005 C. N. Borca, Y. E. Romanyuk "Methods of fabricating surface undoped and Yb-doped KY(WO4)2 planar waveguides" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / Europe Germany, June 12-17, 2005 S. Rivier, M. Rico, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, M. D. Serrano, F. Esteban-Betegón, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, M. Zorn, M. Weyers "Sub-80 fs pulses from a mode-locked Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 laser" Y. E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, M. Pollnau, S. Rivier, V. Petrov, U. Griebner "Surface and buried planar waveguide lasers based on KY(WO4)2:Yb3+" S. Rivier, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, A. Aznar, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz, M. Zorn, M. Weyers "Femtosecond mode-locking of epitaxially grown Yb:KLu(WO4)2 composites" J. Liu, M. Rico, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, J. M. Cano-Torres, F. Esteban-Betegón, M. D. Serrano, C. Zaldo "Continuos-wave lasing of Yb:NaLa(WO4)2 at room temperature" M. Rico, A. Garcia-Cortés, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, E. V. Zharikov, K. A. Subbotin "Cw-laser operation at 1056 nm in disordered Nd3+-doped NaLa(WO4)2 crystals" C. N. Borca, F. Zäh, C. Schnider, R. -P. Salathé, M. Pollnau, P. Moretti "Fabrication of optical planar waveguides in KY(WO4)2 by He-ion implantation" G. Viera, M. Galan, A. Isern, O. Zsolochevsca, A. Leyva, T. Etzkorn "New features from non-soldered clamp-mounted diode laser bars" European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting France, May 31-June 3, 2005 C. N. Borca, F. Zäh, C. Schnider, R. -P. Salathé, M. Pollnau, P. Moretti "Fabrication of optical planar and channel waveguides in Yb3+-doped KY(WO4)2 by He-ion implantation" International students and young scientists conference in theoretical and experimental physics, Heureka-2005 Ukraine, May 24-26, 2005 M. T. Borowiec, T. Zayarnyuk, E. E. Zubov, M. Baranski, H. Szymczak "Optical properties of rare earth double tungstates: experiment and theory" M. T. Borowiec, A. Deptula, W. Lada, A. Prokhorov, V. Dyakonov, V. Domukhovski, P. Aleshkievich, T. Zayarnyuk, T. Olczak, D. Wawszczak, H. Szymczak "Growth and spectroscopic properties of ytterbium doped KY(WO4)2 nanocomposites" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO’05 USA, May 23-27, 2005 U. Griebner, S. Rivier, X. Mateos, V. Petrov, M. Zorn, M. Meyers, R. Solé, J. Gavaldá, M. Aguiló, J. Massons, F. Diaz "Passively mode-locked Yb:KLu(WO4)2 laser" U. Griebner, S. Rivier, J. Liu, R. Grunwald, V. Petrov, A. Aznar, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Continuous-wave and mode-locked laser operation of epitaxially grown Yb:KLu(WO4)2 composites" J. Johannsen, M. Mond, K. Petermann, G. Huber, L. Ackermann, D. Rytz, C. Dupré, M. D. Serrano, F. Esteban-Betegón, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, M. Rico, J. Liu, U. Griebner, V. Petrov "Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 tunable solid-state laser operation with Ti-sapphire and diode laser pumping" Y. E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, M. Pollnau, U. Griebner, S. Rivier, V. Petrov "KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ planar waveguide laser" J. Liu, M. Rico, U. Griebner, V. Petrov, V. Peters, K. Petermann, G. Huber "Efficient room temperature cw laser oscillation of crystalline Yb:Sc2O3 at 1041.6 and 1094.6 nm" 2nd Nanospain Workshop Spain, Mar 14-17, 2005 M. Galceran, M. C. Pujol, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Synthesis of Nanocrystals of KRE(WO4)2 (RE=Gd,Yb) by modified Pechini method" Annual Meeting of the German Physical Society Germany, Mar 4-9, 2005 S. Rivier, X. Mateos, V. Petrov, U. Griebner, M. Zorn, M. Weyers "Passively mode-locked laser performance of Yb:KLuW" Annual Meeting of the German Society of Crystal Growth and Crystallography Germany, Feb 28 - Mar 4, 2005 Y. E. Romanyuk, C. N. Borca, I. Utke, L. L. Kuandykov, M. Pollnau "KY(WO4)2:Yb3+ buried planar waveguides grown by liquid-phase epitaxy" Advanced Solid-State Photonics 2005 Austria, Feb 6-9, 2005 to appear as extended versions in OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series TOPS Proc. Vol.98 (2005), Optical Society of America, pp. 162-6, 224-8, 364-6 B. Denker, S. Sverchkov, B. Galagan, L. Ivleva, J. E. Hellström, G. Karlsson, F. Laurell, V. Pasiskevicius "Passive Q-switching at 1.54 µm of a Er-Yb:GdCa4O(BO3)3 laser with a Co:MgAl2O4 saturable absorber" V. Petrov, U. Griebner, F. Güell, J. Massons, J. Gavaldá, R. M. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Tunable cw lasing of Tm:KGd(WO4)2 near 2 µm" U. Griebner, S. Rivier, J. Liu, M. Rico, R. Grunwald, V. Petrov, X. Mateos, A. Aznar, J. Massons, J. Gavaldá, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Laser operation of bulk crystals and epitaxially grown composites of Yb:KLu(WO4)2" Rare Earths´04 Nara, Japan, Nov 7-12, 2004 C. Cascales, A. Garcia-Cortés, C. Zaldo "Optical spectroscopy of Nd3+ in AT(XO4)2, A=Na, T=La, Gd, laser crystals" Optics in Sweden Sweden, Nov 9-10, 2004 J. Hellström, V. Pasiskevicius, F. Laurell "GdCa4O(BO3)3 - an efficient crystalline host for Yb-Er doped 1.5 µm lasers" XX Trobades Cientifiques de la mediterranea. Fotonica: Ciencia i tecnologia de la llum Spain, Sep 26-28, 2004 F. Diaz "New laser materials: Fabrication and characterisation" O. Silvestre, A. Peña, I. Parreu, F. Güell, A. Aznar, X. Mateos, J. J. Carvajal, M. C. Pujol, N. Bakker, A. Montero, R. Solé, J. Gavaldá, J. Massons, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Optical materials research at URV" F. Güell, J. Massons, J. Gavaldá, R. M. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz, V. Petrov, U. Griebner "Spectroscopy and cw laser operation of monoclinic Tm:KGd(WO4)2 crystals" EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference Solid-State and Fiber Coherent Light Sources Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug 29-Sep 3, 2004 V. Petrov, U. Griebner, F. Güell, J. Massons, J. Gavaldá, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Room temperature cw lasing of Tm:KGd(WO4)2 in the 2 µm spectral range" Y. E. Romanyuk, V. Apostolopoulos, I. Utke, M. Pollnau "Rare-earth-ion doped KY(WO4)2 optical waveguides grown by liquid-phase epitaxy" S. Garcia-Revilla, R. Valiente, Y. E. Romanyuk, I. Utke, M. Pollnau "Optical spectroscopy of rare-earth ions doped KY(WO4)2 thin films" X. Mateos, R. Solé, J. Gavaldá, M. Aguiló, J. Massons, F. Diaz, V. Petrov, U. Griebner "Yb3+-doped monoclinic KLu(WO4)2: crystal growth, spectroscopic studies and laser operation" U. Griebner, V. Petrov, K. Petermann, V. Peters "Femtosecond laser operation based on sesquioxide crystals" 14th Annual Conference Modern Development of Magnetic Resonance EPR60 Russia, Aug 15-20, 2004 L. M. Krygin, A. A. Prohorov, A. D. Prohorov, V. P. Dyakonov, M. T. Borowiec, H. Szymczak "Spin-spin and spin-lattice interactions of Er3+ ions in KY0,99Er0,01(WO4)2 single crystal" The 14th International Conference on Crystal Growth ICCG14 Grenoble (France), Aug 9-13, 2004 A. Aznar, R. Solé, J. Gavaldá, J. Massons, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz "Epitaxial growth of KY(WO4)2 layers on KY(WO4)2 substrates by LPE" Y. E. Romanyuk, I. Utke, D. Ehrentraut, M. Pollnau, S. García-Revilla, R. Valiente, N. V. Kuleshov "Low-temperature liquid-phase epitaxy of rare-earth-ion doped KY(WO4)2 thin layers" M. D. Serrano, F. Esteban-Betegón, C. Zaldo "Growth and spectroscopic investigation of ytterbium doped NaLa(WO4)2 single crystals" The 12th International Summer School on Crystal Growth ISSCG-12 Germany, Aug 1-7, 2004 Y. E. Romanyuk, I. Utke, M. Pollnau "Rare-earth-ion doped KY(WO4)2 thin layer growth by low-temperature liquid-phase epitaxy" 12th Czech and Slovak Conference on Magnetism CSMAG'04 Slovakia, July 12-16, 2004 V. Dyakonov, M. T. Borowiec, K. Wozniak, L. Dobrzycki, E. Zubov, E. Michalski, A. Szewczyk, M. U. Gutowska, W. Dobrowolski, Y. Bukhantsev, T. Zayarniuk, H. Szymczak "Crystal and magnetic structure of double tungstate KEr(WO4)2" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO'04 San Francisco (CA), USA, May 16-21, 2004 A. Aznar, R. Solé, M. Aguiló, F. Diaz, U. Griebner, R. Grunwald, V. Petrov "Growth and laser operation of an Yb-doped epitaxial tungstate crystal Yb:KY(WO4)2/KY(WO4)2" invited paper CThE3, CLEO/IQEC Technical Digest CD-ROM U. Griebner, V. Petrov, K. Petermann, V. Peters "Passively mode-locked Yb:Lu2O3 laser" 4th International Conference on Solid State Crystals ICSSC-2004 Poland, May 16-19, 2004 M. T. Borowiec, T. Zayarnyuk, A. Szewczyk, V. P. Dyakonov, A. Majchrowski, H. Szymczak "Anomalous properties of rare earth double tungstates" M. T. Borowiec, L. Kovács, V. P. Dyakonov, T. Zayarnyuk, H. Szymczak "Symmetry and optical properties of rare earth double tungstates" M. T. Borowiec, A. Watterich, V. P. Dyakonov, A. D. Prochorov "Optical properties of Er3+-doped KY(WO4)2 single crystals"