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Chin. Phys. B, 2008, Vol. 17(5): 1777-1783    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/5/038
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Amplitude-squared squeezing of superposition of coherent states

Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmada)b), Ren Min(任珉)c), Ma Ai-Qun(马爱群)a)d)e), and Liu Shu-Tian(刘树田)a)
a Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; b Department of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan; c  Earthquake Engineering Research and Test Centre, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510405, China; Physics Science and Technology School, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, ChinaCity Construction College, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510900, China
Abstract  This paper discusses the amplitude-squared squeezing for the superposition of two coherent states with their phase differences being separately $\pi$/2, 3$\pi$/2, and $\pi$, as well as for the superposition state of two pseudoclassical states. According to the analysis, it is found that the superposition state of two coherent states with their phase differences $\pi$/2 and 3$\pi$/2, and the superposition state of two pseudoclassical states both do exhibit the amplitude-squared squeezing. Also, some specific states are found to exhibit even stronger squeezing effects when relative phase of the superposition is equal to the average photon number. Amplitude-squared squeezing is dependent on the difference in phase between two coherent states.
Keywords:  nonclassical states      superposition of two coherent states      amplitude-squared squeezing  
Received:  06 March 2007      Revised:  05 November 2007      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.50.Dv (Quantum state engineering and measurements)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10674038 and 10604042) and National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2006CB302901).

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Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, Ren Min(任珉), Ma Ai-Qun(马爱群), and Liu Shu-Tian(刘树田) Amplitude-squared squeezing of superposition of coherent states 2008 Chin. Phys. B 17 1777

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