Squeezed-state wave functions and their relation to classical phase-space maps

Coordinate wave functions for the one-mode squeezed states produced by the quantum analog of the general linear transformation in phase space are calculated. The probability density [‖ψ(q)${\Vert }^2$] for these states is Gaussian with center predicted by the classical transformation. The quantum image (which includes the traditional two-mode squeeze operator) of a three-parameter symplectic map in two-mode phase space equally generates squeezed states having Gaussian ‖ψ($q_1$,$q_1$)${\Vert }^2$. The center of the two-mode Gaussian is again predicted by the classical mapping.