{"id":151,"date":"2025-12-14T21:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cofil2026.fr\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:46:48","slug":"scope-of-the-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cofil2026.fr\/?page_id=151","title":{"rendered":"Scope of the conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COFIL 2026 is the 10<sup>th<\/sup> of a very successful series of biennial conferences bringing together scientists working in the field of ultrashort and intense laser filamentation and its applications. 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