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Squeezing with classical Hamiltonians

Quantum Physics 2015-09-30 v1

Abstract

A simple formula is derived for the maximum squeezing rate which occurs at the initial stages of the squeezing process: the rate only depends on the second partial derivatives of a classical Hamiltonian. Rules for optimum rotation of the phase space are found to keep the state optimally located and oriented for fastest squeezing. These operations transform the phase-space point of interest into a saddle point with opposite principal curvatures. Similar results are found for the Bloch-sphere phase space and spin squeezing. Application of the general formulas is illustrated by several model examples including parametric downconversion, Kerr nonlinearity, Jaynes-Cummings interaction, and spin squeezing by one-axis twisting and two-axis countertwisting.

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@article{arxiv.1508.04553,
  title  = {Squeezing with classical Hamiltonians},
  author = {Tomáš Opatrný},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.04553},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

14 pages, 10 figures, PRA

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