"""Vacuum/one-photon quadrature uncertainties; write PNG to cwd.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): eps = np.linspace(-1, 1, 1001) x2 = np.sqrt(1 + 2 * eps**2) / 2 x1 = np.sqrt(.25 - eps**2 / 2 + eps**4) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6, 3.5), dpi=150, facecolor="white") ax.plot(eps, x2, color="#165d9b", lw=2, label=r"Requested $\Delta X_2$") ax.plot(eps, x1, "--", color="#a75716", lw=1.8, label=r"Comparison: $\Delta X_1$") ax.axhline(.5, color="#4b5560", ls=":", lw=1.5, label="Vacuum: 1/2") ax.scatter([0], [.5], color="#165d9b", s=20, zorder=5) ax.fill_between(eps, x1, .5, where=x1 < .5, color="#a75716", alpha=.1) ax.set(xlim=(-1, 1), ylim=(.39, .91), xlabel=r"Real amplitude $\epsilon$", ylabel="Quadrature standard deviation", title=r"$X_2$ is never squeezed for this real superposition") ax.legend(loc="upper center", fontsize=9, frameon=False) ax.grid(alpha=.2) fig.text(.5, .022, "The quadrature orientation changes which noise can fall below vacuum.", ha="center", fontsize=9) fig.subplots_adjust(left=.12, right=.975, bottom=.2, top=.86) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()