Timeframes of Electron Excitation: Phosphorescence Excluded

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The discussion focuses on the timeframes of electron excitation, specifically excluding phosphorescence. It highlights that an excited electron can return to its ground state directly or through an intermediate energy level, as seen in ruby LASERs. The key question raised is what factors influence the duration of this return process. One participant suggests that the timing may be indeterminate. The conversation emphasizes the complexities of electron behavior in excited states.
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Excluding the process of Phosphorescence, an electron in an excited state will return directly or with a intermediate step to its grown state (like in a ruby LASER before the stimulated emission, where first absorbs a green photon, drops to an intermediary energy level and then emits a red photon by stimulation). But what determines the time it takes for this to happen?
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I think that time is indeterminate
 
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