Laser ablation and laser deposition of films;
Nanoclusters and their properties, in particularly nanoclusters formed in a laser ablated plume;
Interaction of ultra-short laser radiation with matter: electron-phonon energy coupling, ionisation, ablation, and ion acceleration;
Application of short-pulse laser-matter interaction phenomena in nanotechnology, medicine, micromachining, optical memory, photon science and technology, and art conservation.