two-photon coherent state
two-photon coherent state
[¦tü ¦fō‚tän kō¦hir·ənt ′stāt] (quantum mechanics)
A quantum state of an electromagnetic field in which the product of the uncertainties of two quadrature components of the field is the minimum allowed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
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