# Coherent and squeezed states: introductory review of basic notions, properties and generalizations

## TL;DR

This paper provides an accessible introductory review of coherent and squeezed states, clarifying fundamental concepts, properties, and historical context to aid non-specialists in understanding these quantum states.

## Contribution

It offers a clear, comprehensive overview of coherent and squeezed states, emphasizing conceptual understanding and historical background for newcomers.

## Key findings

- Clarification of key properties of coherent and squeezed states
- Historical insights into the development of these quantum states
- Educational focus to facilitate understanding for non-specialists

## Abstract

A short review of the main properties of coherent and squeezed states is given in introductory form. The efforts are addressed to clarify concepts and notions, including some passages of the history of science, with the aim of facilitating the subject for nonspecialists. In this sense, the present work is intended to be complementary to other papers of the same nature and subject in current circulation.