Why does the Bogoliubov transformation need four vectors instead of two?

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JVanUW
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So I was told by my teacher today that I am doing the bogoliubov transformation wrong because I'm supposed to have 4 different vectors,

i.e

Instead of Ak and Bk

A1k
A2k

and
B1k
B2k

I'm wondering how this makes sense. I've seen papers with 2 different vectors and their complex counterparts but never 4 different vectors. Any help would be great.
 
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Maybe you can give us the expressions you obtained for A and B.