Physical Review A
Coherent states of the Kratzer-Fues oscillator
Marcin Molski
Abstract
The coherent states for the Kratzer-Fues potential, which are eigenstates of the annihilation operator and minimize the generalized position-momentum uncertainty relation, are constructed using the algebraic approach. The method is extended to include the rotating Kratzer-Fues oscillator. Construction of such states is important in the theory of molecular interactions with coherent electromagnetic fields, for example, in calculation of the dynamic alternation of the refractive index due to the interactions of the laser pulse with the coherent vibration-rotational states of the diatomic molecule.