We reveal a sharp form of complementarity in the Janus state: a coherent superposition of two squeezed vacua. Using a compact generating-function formalism, we derive closed-form expressions for $g^{\left(k\right)}$ at all orders and introduce squeezing polynomials $P_k\left(z\right)$ that factorize the moments and expose phase-dependent scaling. The Janus state operates as a phase-tunable quantum switch for multiphoton correlations: when which-path or which-state information is available (trivial interference), the higher-order coherences $g^{\left(k\right)}$ reproduce the single-squeezed limit and diverge; when path information is erased and genuine interference from coherent superposition is enabled, multiphoton events are extinguished, driving $g^{\left(k\right)}\to 0$ for all $k\ge 3$. We obtain a hierarchy of suppression with exponents set by the interference phase and the parity of $k$, and we visualize the mechanism via pronounced Wigner-function negativity. The framework is general and experimentally accessible, enabling engineered nonclassical light with tailored higher-order statistics.

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• Photon statistics
• Quantum foundations