Abstract
Coherent states, introduced by Glauber [4.1] and Sudarshan [4.2], are defined as the eigenstates of the annihilation operator.
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R.J. Glauber, Phys. Rev. 130, 2529 (1963);
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R.J. Glauber, Phys. Rev. Lett. 10, 84 (1963).
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Further Reading
R.J. Glauber, in Quantum Optics and Electronics, Les Houches, edited by C. De-Wit, A. Blandin, C. Cohen-Tannoudji (Gordon and Breach, New York, 1965 ).
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Orszag, M. (2000). States of the Electromagnetic Field I. In: Quantum Optics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04114-7_4
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