In physics, a squeezed coherent state is any state of the quantum mechanical Hilbert space such that the uncertainty principle is saturated. That is, the product of the corresponding two operators takes on its minimum value:
The simplest such state is the ground state of the quantum harmonic oscillator. The next simple class of states that satisfies this identity are the family of coherent states .
Often, the term squeezed state is used for any such state with in "natural oscillator units". The idea behind this is that the circle denoting a coherent state in a quadrature diagram (see below) has been "squeezed" to an ellipse of the same area.
Read more about Squeezed Coherent State: Mathematical Definition, Examples of Squeezed Coherent States, Photon Number Distributions and Phase Distributions of Squeezed States, Experimental Realizations of Squeezed Coherent States, Applications
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