Malbouisson, J.M.C.; Baseia, B.; Avelar, A.T. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 376 (2007) C, pp. 275-278
We show that a recent proposal for the generation of displaced number states [G.C. de Oliveira et al., Physica A 351 (2005) 251] is misleading and cannot be implemented experimentally. We then discuss the possibility of creating highly excited displaced number states using standard procedures.