Understanding Squeezed States of Light Through Wigner's Phase-Space

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23102v1
• Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:44:03 GMT
• Title: Understanding Squeezed States of Light Through Wigner's Phase-Space
• Abstract summary: The Wigner phase-space distribution function arises from the formulation of the density matrix.<n>Coherent and one- and two-mode squeezed states of light as well as the squeezed vacuum are discussed.<n>The decoherence problem of an optical field is examined through a reformulation of the Poincaré sphere.
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• Abstract: This paper starts with the transition from classical physics to quantum mechanics which was greatly aided by the concept of phase space. The role of canonical transformations in quantum mechanics is addressed. The Wigner phase-space distribution function is then defined which arises from the formulation of the density matrix, followed by the harmonic oscillator in phase space. Coherent and one- and two-mode squeezed states of light as well as the squeezed vacuum are discussed in the phase-space picture. Attention is also drawn to the fact that squeezed states naturally generate entanglement between the two-modes. Coupled harmonic oscillators are also elucidated in connection with the Wigner phase space. It will be noted that the phase-space picture of quantum mechanics has become an important scientific language for the rapidly expanding field of quantum optics. Here, we mainly focus on the simplest form of the Wigner function, which finds application in many branches of quantum mechanics. We make use of several symmetry groups such as Lorentz groups, the symplectic group in two and four dimensions, and the Euclidean group. The decoherence problem of an optical field is examined through a reformulation of the Poincaré sphere as a further illustration of the density matrix.

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