On the Quantum Mechanics of Squeezed States
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Modern Optics
- Vol. 34 (6-7) , 941-948
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09500348714550851
Abstract
We show that the squeezed states of quantum optics are physically and mathematically equivalent to Gaussian wave packets. In the framework of wave mechanics it is possible to formulate and investigate in a very simple way all the properties of reduced or squeezed fluctuations of the position and momentum operators. We study squeezed quantum fluctuations of a minimum-uncertainty Gaussian wave function under two different dynamical conditions of free evolution and harmonic oscillation.Keywords
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