A pedestrian introduction to coherent and squeezed states

Abstract

This review is intended for readers who want to have a quick understanding on the theoretical underpinnings of coherent states and squeezed states which are conventionally generated from the prototype harmonic oscillator but not always restricting to it. Noting that the treatments of building up such states have a long history, we collected the important ingredients and reproduced them from a fresh perspective but refrained from delving into detailed derivation of each topic. By no means we claim a comprehensive presentation of the subject but have only tried to re-capture some of the essential results and pointed out their inter-connectivity.

41 pages, in press

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