Peter L. Knight

Sir Peter L. Knight , FRS , (born August 12, 1947 in Bedford , Bedfordshire ) is a British theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum optics , atomic physics and quantum computing.

Life

Knight received his PhD from Sussex University and was a post-doctoral student from 1972 to 1974 with Joseph H. Eberly at the University of Rochester and at SLAC . In 1976 he was at Johns Hopkins University and then at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London and from 1979 at Imperial College . In 1983 he became a lecturer , reader in 1987 and professor in 1988. From 2001 to 2005 he was head of the physics faculty. Until 2008 he was Dean (Principal) of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Imperial College and until 2010 Deputy Rector, responsible for research. Among other things, he was visiting professor in Rochester, at the University of Konstanz (as Humboldt Research Professor) and at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve. Since 2010 he has been a director (principal) of the Kavli Royal Society International Center in Chicheley Hall .

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society , whose council he served from 2005 to 2007, the Institute of Physics (IOP), and the Optical Society of America . Knight received the Young Medal and the Glazebrook Medal of the IOP, the Royal Medal of the Royal Society (2010) and the Frederic Ives Medal (2008) of the Optical Society of America, of which he was President in 2003. In 1996 he received the Einstein Prize for Laser Research . In 1996 he was Wood Memorial Lecturer. For 2019 he was awarded the Herbert Walther Prize of the German Physical Society and the Faraday Medal of the Institution of Engineering and Technology .

Until 2010 he headed the UK Department of Defense's Scientific Advisory Board and continues to serve as a UK Government Advisor. Until 2005 he was Senior Scientific Advisor to the UK National Physical Laboratory. In 2005 he was ennobled.

In 2011 he became President of the Institute of Physics . Knight has been an elected member of the Leopoldina since 2012 .

From 1987 to 2005 he was editor of the Journal of Modern Optics.

He headed the Optics and Quantum Electronics section of the European Physical Society.

Fonts

with Leslie Allen: Concepts of quantum optics . Pergamon Press, 1983
with Christopher C. Gerry Introductory quantum optics . Cambridge University Press, 2005; 3rd edition 2008
with PW Milonni: The Rabi frequency in optical spectra . In: Physics Reports , Volume 66, 1980, pp. 21-107
Quantum fluctuations in optical systems . In: Reynaud, Giacobini, Zinn-Justin (eds.): Quantum fluctuations . In: Les Houches Lectures , 68, Elsevier 1997
with V. Buzek: Quantum inference, superposition states of light, and nonclassical effects . In: Emil Wolf (Ed.): Progress in Optics , Volume 34, 1995, p. 1
with Martin Plenio The Quantum Jump Approach to Dissipative Dynamics in Quantum Optics . In: Reviews of Modern Physics , Volume 70, 1998, pp. 101-144, arxiv : quant-ph / 9702007

Web links

Biography at Imperial College
Biography at IQIS Calgary

Individual evidence

↑ Date of birth according to Who's Who of British Scientists , Simon Books, 1981
↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Sir Peter Knight (with picture) at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 15, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Knight, Peter L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 12, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bedford , Bedfordshire

[1] Date of birth according to Who's Who of British Scientists , Simon Books, 1981

[2] Member entry by Prof. Dr. Sir Peter Knight (with picture) at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 15, 2016.