Exact lower bound of the uncertainty principle product for the harmonic oscillator with position-momentum coupling

Abstract

We show that the uncertainty principle product for the position and momentum operators for a system described by the Hamiltonian $ \hat H= \frac{\hat{p}^2}{2m} +\frac{1}{2} m \omega^2 \hat{x}^2+\frac{\mu}{2}(\hat x \hat p+ \hat p \hat x)$ where $\mu<\omega$ reads $\Delta x \Delta p\ge\frac{\hbar \omega}{2\sqrt{\omega^2-\mu^2}}$. All the values bellow this lower bound are thus quantum-mechanically forbidden. We construct the annihilation and creation operators for this system and we calculate the expectation values of the operators $\hat p$ and $\hat x$ with respect to the corresponding coherent states.