David Pegg (physicist)
David T Pegg | |
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Residence | Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Doctoral students |
J. A. Vaccaro Kenny Pregnell |
Known for |
Contributions to the nature of time Quantum Optics |
Notable awards | Harrie Massey Medal (1997) |
Professor David Pegg (born 23 May 1941)[1] is an emeritus Professor in theoretical physics at Griffith University, Australia. In his career he has made numerous contributions to NMR, quantum optics and conceptual physics including the nature of time. His h-index is at least 38. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a recipient of the Harrie Massey Medal for Australian physics[2] and of the Centenary Medal[3] for his contribution to quantum theory. He is best known for the Pegg-Barnett phase formalism that provides a quantum mechanical description of the phase of light (Phys. Rev. A vol.39, 1665-1675 (1989)), for the invention of the DEPT sequence for nuclear magnetic resonance (J. Chem. Phys. vol.77, 2745-2752 (1982)) and for the invention of the quantum scissors device (Phys. Rev. Lett. vol.81, 1604-1606 (1998)).
References
- ↑ Rosanne Walker. "Pegg, David Thomas (1941 - )". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ↑ http://www.aip.org.au/content/massey
- ↑ http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1126604&search_type=simple&showInd=true