Physical Review A

Linear canonical transformations of coherent and squeezed states in the Wigner phase space. II. Quantitative analysis

D. Han, Y. S. Kim, Marilyn E. Noz

Published Jul 1, 1989• 26 citations

Abstract

It is possible to calculate expectation values and transition probabilities from the Wigner phase-space distribution function. Based on the canonical transformation properties of the Wigner function, an algorithm is developed for calculating these quantities in quantum optics for coherent and squeezed states. It is shown that the expectation value of a dynamical variable can be written in terms of its vacuum expectation value of the canonically transformed variable. Parallel-axis theorems are established for the photon number and its variant. It is also shown that the transition probability between two squeezed states can be reduced to that of the transition from one squeezed state to vacuum.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.40.902

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