Michael Roukes

Physicist, California Institute of Technology

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Born: October 9, 1953

Education: Cornell University, University of California, Santa Cruz

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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Stanford records first real-time quantum jumps of sound

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A Stanford team has watched a single quantum of sound vanish in real time. A microscopic resonator switched from one phonon to zero mid-ring, the first direct observation of a quantum jump in sound.

Updated Sep 22