Our international collaboration traces back to early 1990's when it became possible in Russia to maintain the links directly between Eastern and Western scientific groups. Listed in the order of historical retrospective our partners in nonlinear optical studies of surfaces, nanostructures and thin films are the following:

Professor Ole Keller and Professor Kjeld Pedersen from Institute of Physics of Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

Professor Theo Rasing from Research Istitute for Materials, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Professor Mike Downer from Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.

Professor P. Saint-Gregoire from Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc - Montpellier II, Montpellier, France;

Professor Ted Janssen from Faculty of Science, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;

Dr. Victoria Cajipe from Institut des Materiaux de Nantes, Rennes, France;

Dr. J. Hlinka from Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.

Professor Gerd Marowsky from Laser Laboratorium Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.