Shadowed states were introduced recently in the literature. It was sho
wn that these states always exhibit nonclassical effects [R. Srinivasa
n and C.T. Lee, Phys. Lett, A 218 (1996) 151], Here we show that the w
ell known even and odd coherent states are shadowed-like states, whose
differences and similarities are discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science
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