David Pegg (physicist)

David T Pegg
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

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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