Photon states associated with Holstein-Primakoff realization of SU(1,1) Lie algebra
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Statistical and phase properties and number-phase uncertainty relations are systematically investigated for photon states associated with the Holstein-Primakoff realization of the SU(1,1) Lie algebra. Perelomov's SU(1,1) coherent states and the eigenstates of the SU(1,1) lowering generator (the Barut-Girardello states) are discussed. A recently developed formalism, based on the antinormal ordering of exponential phase operators, is used for studying phase properties and number-phase uncertainty relations. This study shows essential differences between properties of the Barut-Girardello states and the SU(1,1) coherent states. The philophase states, defined as states with simple phase-state representations, relate the quantum description of the optical phase to the properties of the SU(1,1) Lie group. A modified Holstein-Primakoff realization is derived, and eigenstates of the corresponding lowering generator are discussed. These states are shown to contract, in a proper limit, to the familiar Glauber coherent states.
32 pages, no figures, REVTeX with amssymb, to be published in Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
32 pages, no figures, REVTeX with amssymb, to be published in Quantum and Semiclassical Optics