{"title":"Rydberg wave packets are squeezed states","authors":"M. Nieto","doi":"10.1088/0954-8998/6/1/002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We point out that Rydberg wave packets (and similar 'coherent' molecular packets) are, in general, squeezed states, rather than the more elementary coherent states. This observation allows a more intuitive understanding of their properties; e.g., their revivals.","PeriodicalId":130003,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Optics: Journal of The European Optical Society Part B","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Quantum Optics: Journal of The European Optical Society Part B","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-8998/6/1/002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We point out that Rydberg wave packets (and similar 'coherent' molecular packets) are, in general, squeezed states, rather than the more elementary coherent states. This observation allows a more intuitive understanding of their properties; e.g., their revivals.