"""Original covariance ellipses; Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3, Matplotlib 3.10. Run in the mirrored media directory; writes a basename in the current directory. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 11, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white"}) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(8, 3.6), layout="constrained") r = 0.75 for ax, squeezed in zip(axes, (False, True)): sx, sp = (np.exp(-r)/2, np.exp(r)/2) if squeezed else (0.5, 0.5) ax.add_patch(Ellipse((0, 0), 2*sx, 2*sp, facecolor="#d7e8f7", edgecolor="#155a91", lw=2)) ax.axhline(0, color="0.75", lw=0.7) ax.axvline(0, color="0.75", lw=0.7) ax.annotate("", (sx, 0), (0, 0), arrowprops={"arrowstyle":"<->", "color":"#155a91"}) ax.annotate("", (0, sp), (0, 0), arrowprops={"arrowstyle":"<->", "color":"#b13c2e"}) ax.set(xlim=(-1.3, 1.3), ylim=(-1.3, 1.3), xlabel=r"$X-\langle X\rangle$", ylabel=r"$P-\langle P\rangle$") ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.set_title("Squeezed state" if squeezed else "Coherent state") ax.text(0.5, -0.29, r"$\Delta X=e^{-r}/2,\quad\Delta P=e^r/2$" if squeezed else r"$\Delta X=\Delta P=1/2$", transform=ax.transAxes, ha="center") fig.suptitle("One-standard-deviation covariance contours") fig.savefig("paper-1-aqp2013-quadrature-noise.png", dpi=140, facecolor="white", bbox_inches="tight")