Nonlinear optics, quantum mtchanics of atoms and molecules.
Main publications:
Vladislav V. Serov, Boghos B. Joulakian, Vladimir L. Derbov and Sergue I. Vinitsky. Ionisation excitation of diatomic systems having two active electrons by fast electron impact: a probe to electron correlation // J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 2005, V. 38, P. 2765–2773.
V. V. Serov, V. L. Derbov, B. Joulakian, S. I. Vinitsky. Wave packet evolution approach to ionization of atoms and molecules by fast electrons. Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1–2, 2002, pp. 253–259.
V. V. Serov, V. L. Derbov, B. Joulakian, S. I. Vinitsky. Wave packet evolution approach to ionization of hydrogen molecular ion by fast electrons. Phys. Rev A, vol. 63, No. 6, p. 062711–062718 (2001).
Serov V. V., Derbov V. L., Vinitsky S. I. Laser-stimulated radiative recombination of antihydrogen in magnetic field via quasi-stationary state // Optika I Spektroskopiya, 2007, V. 102, p. 612–616 (Russian).