David Pegg (physicist)

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 [4], for the invention of the DEPT sequence for nuclear magnetic resonance [5] and for the invention of the quantum scissors device.[6]

David T Pegg
NationalityAustralian
Known forContributions to the nature of time
Quantum Optics
AwardsHarrie Massey Medal (1997)
Scientific career
Doctoral studentsJ. A. Vaccaro

References
  1. Rosanne Walker. "Pegg, David Thomas (1941 - )". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1126604&search_type=simple&showInd=true
  4. Pegg, D. T.; Barnett, S. M. (1 January 1989). "Phase properties of the quantized single-mode electromagnetic field". Physical Review A. American Physical Society (APS). 39 (4): 1665–1675. doi:10.1103/physreva.39.1665. ISSN 0556-2791.
  5. Pegg, David T.; Doddrell, David M.; Bendall, M. Robin (15 September 1982). "Proton‐polarization transfer enhancement of a heteronuclear spin multiplet with preservation of phase coherency and relative component intensities". The Journal of Chemical Physics. AIP Publishing. 77 (6): 2745–2752. doi:10.1063/1.444188. ISSN 0021-9606.
  6. Pegg, David T.; Phillips, Lee S.; Barnett, Stephen M. (24 August 1998). "Optical State Truncation by Projection Synthesis". Physical Review Letters. American Physical Society (APS). 81 (8): 1604–1606. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.81.1604. ISSN 0031-9007.


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