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Non-Hermitian coherent states for finite-dimensional systems

Mathematical Physics 2018-04-03 v1 math.MP Optics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We introduce Gilmore-Perelomov coherent states for non-unitary representations of non-compact groups, and discuss the main similarities and differences with respect to ordinary unitary Gilmore-Perelomov coherent states. The example of coherent states for the non-unitary finite dimensional representations of SU(1,1)SU(1,1) is considered and they are used to describe the propagation of light in coupled PT-symmetric optical devices.

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@article{arxiv.1804.00051,
  title  = {Non-Hermitian coherent states for finite-dimensional systems},
  author = {Julio Guerrero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.00051},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

16 pages, 2 figures, to appear as Chapter 10 of "Coherent States and Their Applications", Springer Proceedings in Physics 205, J.-P. Antoine et al. (eds.)