RT Journal Article T1 On the Thompson-Wolf experiment: a study with laser sources A1 Calvo Padilla, María Luisa A1 Paredes Barato, David AB We present a revisited study of the Thompson-Wolf experiment earlier developed in 1957 with the aim to characterize the degree of spatial coherent of a luminous source. We develop further experiments by using laser sources under various modal regimes. We analyze the experimental results. PB European Optical Society SN 1990-2573 YR 2010 FD 2010 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44181 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44181 LA eng NO © The Authors. All rights reserved.The financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), grant TEC2008-04105 is acknowledged. We are indebted to Maria Paz Hern´andez-Garay, Ana Manzanares and Oscar Martínez-Matos for their very valuable support and suggestions. NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), España DS Docta Complutense RD 8 jun 2025