Pseudo-diffusion equation and information entropy of squeezed-coherent states
As the squeezed-coherent states are labeled by 3-tuple, the momentum, the coordinate and the squeeze parameter, a phase space probability distribution function associated with a generic wavefunction can be introduced. We verify that this probability function is the solution of a partial differential equation, the pseudo-diffusion equation, hence permitting to extend the concept of information entropy, as introduced by Wehrl for the coherent states, to the squeezed-coherent states. It is shown that the entropy functionals can be used as a measure of quantum correlations between the phase space variables, for a given wavefunction; we also present several properties and discuss the use of the entropic inequality as a concept that complements the Heisenberg uncertainty relationship.
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1993
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Authors: | Mizrahi, Salomon S. ; Marchiolli, Marcelo A. |
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Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 199.1993, 1, p. 96-115
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Elsevier |
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