Quantum mechanics of a general driven time-dependent oscillator

Summary In this paper we investigate the time evolution of a general driven time-dependent oscillator using the evolution operator method developed by Chenget al. We obtain an exact form of the time evolution operator which, in turn, enables us to find the exact wave functions and coherent states at any timet. Our analyses indicate that the time-dependent coherent state is equivalent to the well-known squeezed state, while the time-dependent number state is equivalent to the displaced and squeezed number state. Besides, we also calculate the time-dependent transition probabilities among the coherent states and number states of a simple harmonic oscillator associated with the initial HamiltonianH(0).