Information entropy and squeezing of quantum fluctuations
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Quantum-mechanical entropies of position and momentum operators in a given state are shown to be reasonable and sensitive measures for squeezing of quantum fluctuations. It is shown to be true not only for states having Gaussian wave functions but also for more general, both pure and mixed, quantum states. A simple proof that the squeezing exhibited by the variance is always accompanied by a corresponding entropy reduction below the entropy vacuum level is given. These results show that the information entropy is not only a theoretically satisfactory concept but can also be useful as a tool for more practical quantum-optics applications. @S1050-2947~97!02609-7#
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