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About David Pegg (physicist)
- Professor David Pegg (born 23 May 1941) 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 and of the Centenary Medal 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 , for the invention of the DEPT sequence for nuclear magnetic resonance and for the invention of the quantum scissors device.
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