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An electron in an atom, moving from level n=3 to n=2 and releasing a photon.

For the TV series, see Quantum Leap. For the sculpture, see The Quantum Leap.

Atomic electron transition is a change (or jump) of an electron from one energy level to another within an atom or artificial atom. It appears discontinuous as the electron "jumps" from one energy level to another, typically in a few nanoseconds or less. It is also known as an electronic (de-)excitation or atomic transition or quantum jump.

Electron transitions cause the emission or absorption of electromagnetic radiation in the form of quantized units called photons. Their statistics are Poissonian, and the time between jumps is exponentially distributed. The damping time constant (which ranges from nanoseconds to a few seconds) relates to the natural, pressure, and field broadening of spectral lines. The larger the energy separation of the states between which the electron jumps, the shorter the wavelength of the photon emitted.

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Danish physicist Niels Bohr first theorized that electrons can perform quantum jumps in 1913.[1]

The observability of quantum jumps was predicted by Hans Dehmelt in 1975, and they were first observed using trapped ions of mercury at NIST in 1986.[2]

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Burst noise

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Line Spectra

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Phosphorescence

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In 2019, it was demonstrated in an experiment with a superconducting artificial atom consisting of two strongly-hybridized transmon qubits placed inside a readout resonator cavity at 15 mK, that the evolution of some jumps is continuous, coherent, deterministic, and reversible. On the other hand, other quantum jumps are inherently unpredictable, i.e., nondeterministic.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Schombert, James. "Quantum physics" University of Oregon Department of Physics
  2. ^ Vijay, R; Slichter, D. H; Siddiqi, I (2011). "Observation of Quantum Jumps in a Superconducting Artificial Atom". Physical Review Letters. 106 (11): 110502. arXiv:1009.2969. Bibcode:2011PhRvL.106k0502V. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.110502. PMID 21469850.
  3. ^ Deléglise, S. "Observing the quantum jumps of light" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Itano, W. M.; Bergquist, J. C.; Wineland, D. J. (2015). "Early observations of macroscopic quantum jumps in single atoms" (PDF). International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 377: 403. Bibcode:2015IJMSp.377..403I. doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2014.07.005.
  5. ^ Minev, Z. K.; Mundhada, S. O.; Shankar, S.; Reinhold, P.; Gutiérrez-Jáuregui, R.; Schoelkopf, R. J..; Mirrahimi, M.; Carmichael, H. J.; Devoret, M. H. (June 3, 2019). "To catch and reverse a quantum jump mid-flight". Nature. 570 (7760): 200–204. arXiv:1803.00545. Bibcode:2019Natur.570..200M. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1287-z. PMID 31160725.
  6. ^ Snizhko, Kyrylo; Kumar, Parveen; Romito, Alessandro (2020-09-29). "Quantum Zeno effect appears in stages". Physical Review Research. 2 (3): 033512. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033512. arXiv:2003.10476 [quant-ph].

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  1. ^ Gleick, James (1986-10-21). "PHYSICISTS FINALLY GET TO SEE QUANTUM JUMP WITH OWN EYES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ^ Gleick, James (1986-10-21). "PHYSICISTS FINALLY GET TO SEE QUANTUM JUMP WITH OWN EYES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. ^ Snizhko, Kyrylo; Kumar, Parveen; Romito, Alessandro (2020-09-29). "Quantum Zeno effect appears in stages". Physical Review Research. 2 (3): 033512. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033512.
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