David Pegg (physicist)

David Pegg (physicist)
David T Pegg
Residence Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Nationality Flag of Australia.svg Australian
Doctoral students J. A. Vaccaro
Kenny Pregnell
Known for Contributions to the nature of time
Quantum Optics
Notable awards Harrie Massey Medal

Professor David Pegg 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[1] and of the Centenary Medal[2] 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 and for the invention of the DEPT sequence for nuclear magnetic resonance.

References

  1. ^ http://www.aip.org.au/content/massey
  2. ^ http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1126604&search_type=simple&showInd=true

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