File:QHO-squeezed-vacuum3dB-animation.gif
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English: Animation of the probability distribution of the quantum wave function of a squeezed vacuum state in a Quantum harmonic oscillator with 3dB of squeezing. The gaussian wave packet oscillates between a squeezed and an anti-squeezed state. |
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Own work Category:PNG created with Matplotlib#QHO-squeezed-vacuum3dB-animation.gif |
Author | Geek3 |
Other versions | QHO-squeezed-vacuum3dB-animation-color.gif |
Python Matplotlib source code |
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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
from math import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib import animation
import numpy as np
import os, sys
# image settings
fname = 'QHO-squeezed-vacuum3dB-animation'
plt.rc('path', snap=False)
plt.rc('mathtext', default='regular')
width, height = 300, 200
ml, mr, mt, mb = 35, 8, 22, 45
x0, x1 = -4.5, 4.5
y0, y1 = 0.0, 1.2
nframes = 30
fps = 20
# physics settings
omega = 2 * pi
xi0 = log(0.5) # 3dB of squeezing
def squeezed(xi0, x, omega_t):
# Definition of squeezed states
xi = xi0 * e**(-2j * omega_t)
r = np.abs(xi)
tr = tanh(r)
kk = (r - tr * xi) / (r + tr * xi)
psi = (kk.real/pi)**0.25 * np.exp(-0.5j * omega_t - 0.5 * x**2 * kk)
return psi
def animate(nframe):
print str(nframe) + ' ',; sys.stdout.flush()
t = float(nframe) / nframes * 0.5 # animation repeats after t=0.5
ax.cla()
ax.grid(True)
ax.axis((x0, x1, y0, y1))
x = np.linspace(x0, x1, int(ceil(1+w_px)))
psi = squeezed(xi0, x, omega*t)
y = np.abs(psi)**2
plt.plot(x, y, lw=2, color='#0000cc')
ax.set_yticks(ax.get_yticks()[:-1])
ax.set_yticklabels([l for l in ax.get_yticks() if l < y0+0.9*(y1-y0)])
# create figure and axes
plt.close('all')
fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, figsize=(width/100., height/100.))
bounds = [float(ml)/width, float(mb)/height,
1.0 - float(mr)/width, 1.0 - float(mt)/height]
fig.subplots_adjust(left=bounds[0], bottom=bounds[1],
right=bounds[2], top=bounds[3], hspace=0)
w_px = width - (ml+mr) # plot width in pixels
# axes labels
fig.text(0.5 + 0.5 * float(ml-mr)/width, 4./height,
r'$x\ \ [(\hbar/(m\omega))^{1/2}]$', ha='center')
fig.text(5./width, 1.0, '$|\psi|^2$', va='top')
# start animation
if 0 != os.system('convert -version > ' + os.devnull):
print 'imagemagick not installed!'
# warning: imagemagick produces somewhat jagged and therefore large gifs
anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, frames=nframes)
anim.save(fname + '.gif', writer='imagemagick', fps=fps)
else:
# unfortunately the matplotlib imagemagick backend does not support
# options which are necessary to generate high quality output without
# framewise color palettes. Therefore save all frames and convert then.
if not os.path.isdir(fname):
os.mkdir(fname)
fnames = []
for frame in range(nframes):
animate(frame)
imgname = os.path.join(fname, fname + '{:03d}'.format(frame) + '.png')
fig.savefig(imgname)
fnames.append(imgname)
# compile optimized animation with ImageMagick
cmd = 'convert -loop 0 -delay ' + str(100 / fps) + ' '
cmd += ' '.join(fnames) # now create optimized palette from all frames
cmd += r' \( -clone 0--1 \( -clone 0--1 -fill black -colorize 100% \) '
cmd += '-append +dither -colors 63 -unique-colors '
cmd += '-write mpr:colormap +delete \) +dither -map mpr:colormap '
cmd += '-alpha activate -layers OptimizeTransparency '
cmd += fname + '.gif'
os.system(cmd)
for fnamei in fnames:
os.remove(fnamei)
os.rmdir(fname)
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