A thermal coherent state defined with the Lie-Trotter product formula

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate a thermal coherent state defined with the Lie-Trotter product formula under the formalism of the thermo field dynamics. In the definition of our thermal coherent state, we treat the thermalizing operator and the displacement operator symmetrically. We examine its uncertainty relation and quasiprobability distributions. Although this thermal coherent state is equivalent to the conventional ones except for different parameterizations and a phase factor, it is convenient for describing an experimental setup of the optical parametric oscillator laser.Comment: v1: 28 pages, 10 eps figures, latex2e; v2: 19 pages, 6 eps figures, a shortened version; v3: minor correction