Coordinate representation of squeezed states

Jagdish Rai and C. L. Mehta
Phys. Rev. A 37, 4497 – Published 1 June 1988
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Abstract

We obtain the wave function in the coordinate representation of the one-mode squeezed states ‖ζ, α〉=exp(ζa^2-ζ*a2)exp(αa^-α*a)‖0〉. The wave function is a displaced Gaussian with center and width depending upon the parameters α and ζ.

  • Received 24 November 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.37.4497

©1988 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jagdish Rai

  • Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487

C. L. Mehta

  • Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi 110 016, India

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Vol. 37, Iss. 11 — June 1988

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