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Rydberg Wave Packets are Squeezed States

Michael Martin Nieto

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9310343

Abstract

We point out that Rydberg wave packets (and similar ``coherent" molecular packets) are, in general, squeezed states, rather than the more elementary coherent states. This observation allows a more intuitive understanding of their properties; e.g., their revivals.

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