What Happens During a Quantum Jump?

PBS Space Time · Oct 24, 2026 · 15m

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE

↓ More info below ↓

Uploaded 12-01-21

Erratum: Figures in episode should be Minev et al. (2019), not Minney et al. (2009). Our apologies to the authors!

This is the experiment we talk about:

To Catch and Reverse a Quantum Jump Mid-Flight

Minev, Mundhada, Shankar, Reinhold, Gutiérrez-Jáuregui, Schoelkopf,

Mirrahimi, Carmichael and Devoret (2019), Nature, v.570, p.200

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1287-z

Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord!…