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Statistical Properties of Superpositions of Coherent Phase States with Opposite Arguments

Version 1 : Received: 4 November 2024 / Approved: 5 November 2024 / Online: 5 November 2024 (08:38:38 CET)

How to cite: de Freitas, M. C.; Dodonov, V. V. Statistical Properties of Superpositions of Coherent Phase States with Opposite Arguments. Preprints 2024, 2024110277. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0277.v1 de Freitas, M. C.; Dodonov, V. V. Statistical Properties of Superpositions of Coherent Phase States with Opposite Arguments. Preprints 2024, 2024110277. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0277.v1

Abstract

We calculate the second-order moments, the Robertson–Schrödinger uncertainty product and the Mandel factor for various superpositions of coherent phase states with opposite arguments, comparing the results with similar superpositions of the usual (Klauder–Glauber–Sudarshan) coherent states. We discover that the coordinate variance in the analog of even coherent states can show the most strong squeezing effect, close to the maximal possible squeezing for the given mean photon number. On the other hand, the Robertson–Schrödinger (RS) uncertainty product in superpositions of coherent phase states increases much slower (as function of the mean photon number) than in superpositions of the usual coherent states. A nontrivial behavior of the Mandel factor for small mean photon numbers is discovered in superpositions with unequal weights of two components. An exceptional nature of the even and odd superpositions is demonstrated.

Keywords

coherent phase states; even/odd superpositions; Yurke–Stoler superpositions; squeezing; the Mandel factor; the Robertson–Schrödinger uncertainty product

Subject

Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology

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