 Fock basis (source code)

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= Fock basis
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{title2=$|n_1,n_2,\ldots\rangle$}

An <orthonormal basis> labelled by the occupations of specified single-particle modes. For one bosonic mode, $|n\rangle=(a^\dagger)^n|0\rangle/\sqrt{n!}$ and the <number operator> has <eigenvalue> $n$. A <coherent state>'s expansion in this basis gives its overlap and photon-number statistics.

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