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arXiv:1101.5314 · Open Systems & Information Dynamics

Operational and Harmonic-Analytic Aspects of Quasi-Probability Distributions

Ryo Harada

Published Sep 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

Husimi distributions [11] and Wigner distributions [20] are well-known quasi-probability distributions which appear in several contexts. In this paper, we show some remarkable aspects of these distribution functions related to geometric structures of generalized coherent state systems [15,16] and operational quantum physics [7], and a scheme of formulating generalized version of quasi-probability distributions. Our scheme gives concrete formulae of quasi-probability distributions in more direct way from the theory of coherent state systems and clarify their operational meanings, especially of Husimi distributions and mutual relation between Husimi distributions and other classes of quasi-probability distributions.

DOI
10.1142/s1230161211000200

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Husimi distributions [11] and Wigner distributions [20] are well-known quasi-probability distributions which appear in several contexts. In this paper, we show some remarkable aspects of these distribution functions related to geometric structures of generalized coherent state systems [15,16] and operational quantum physics [7], and a scheme of formulating generalized version of quasi-probability distributions. Our scheme gives concrete formulae of quasi-probability distributions in more direct way from the theory of coherent state systems and clarify their operational meanings, especially of Husimi distributions and mutual relation between Husimi distributions and other classes of quasi-probability distributions.
We propose a procedure to generalize the Husimi distribution to systems with continuous spectrum. We start examining a pioneering work, by Gazeau and Klauder, where the concept of coherent states for systems with discrete spectrum was extended to systems with continuous one. In the present article, we see the Husimi distribution as a representation of the density operator in terms of a basis of coherent states. There are other ways to obtain it, but we do not consider here. We specially discuss the problem of the continuous harmonic oscillator.
In the paper we made a generalization of the Fourier transform in the complex space, applicable to the pair of Husimi and P-quasi distributions, in the representation of nonlinear coherent states. Implicitly, our result is a generalization similar result of Mehta, but which referred only to the canonical coherent states (associated with the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator). Our result is valid for both types of coherent states (defined in the Barut-Girardello, respectively Klauder-Perelomov manner).
The language of statistical moments and covariance matrices we introduced in the previous chapter offers a compact and efficient formalism to deal with Gaussian states. A much more general approach may be taken to describe any quantum state in a setting which is reminiscent of classical phase space. This is the framework of quantum characteristic functions and quasi-probability distributions, which goes back to seminal work by Wigner on quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics, and bloomed in the sixties with the rise of theoretical quantum optics and the emergence of a general unifying picture. Conceptually, the phase space description of quantum states hinges on the completeness of the set of displacement operators, which we shall prove in the form of the Fourier–Weyl relation between density matrices and characteristic functions. This relationship will constitute the bridge between phase space and Hilbert space descriptions, which will be useful in several applications in the context of quantum information. It will be convenient to handle most of the proofs and mathematical arguments concerning characteristic functions and quasi-probability distributions on a single mode of the system. Because displacement operators of multimode systems are just tensor products of local displacement operators, the extension of the formalism to systems with many degrees of freedom will be straightforward. Nevertheless, we shall always take care of explicitly linking the single-mode formulae which will appear in this chapter to the general multimode description adopted in the previous one.
A set of quasi-probability distribution functions which give the correct quantum mechanical marginal distributions of position and momentum is studied. The phase-space distribution does not have to be bilinear in the state function. The Wigner distribution is a special case. A general relationship between the phase-space distribution functions and the rule of associating classical quantities to quantum mechanical operators is derived. This allows the writing of correspondence rules at will,of which the ones presently known are particular cases. The dynamics and other properties of the generalized phase-space distribution are considered.
We discuss some basic tools for an analysis of one-dimensional quantum systems defined on a cyclic coordinate space. The basic features of the generalized coherent states, the complexifier coherent states, are reviewed. These states are then used to define the corresponding (quasi)densities in phase space. The properties of these generalized Husimi distributions are discussed, in particular their zeros. Furthermore, the use of the complexifier coherent states for a semiclassical analysis is demonstrated by deriving a semiclassical coherent state propagator in phase space.
We discuss some basic tools for an analysis of one-dimensionalquantum systems defined on a cyclic coordinate space. The basic features of the generalized coherent states, the complexifier coherent states are reviewed. These states are then used to define the corresponding (quasi)densities in phase space. The properties of these generalized Husimi distributions are discussed, in particular their zeros.Furthermore, the use of the complexifier coherent states for a semiclassical analysis is demonstrated by deriving a semiclassical coherent state propagator in phase space.