2026 Peter D. Drummond: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	75	3398	3230	81	79	421	20334

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Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering theoretical studies of quantum noise in nonlinear optical processes, including superfluorescence, optical bistability, parametric amplification and oscillation, fiberoptical solitons, proposed tests of quantum correlations, and the positiveP representation

Overview

Peter D. Drummond is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in physics and computer science. Their work spans multiple subfields, prominently including atomic and molecular physics, optics, artificial intelligence, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main areas of study for Drummond focus on:

Quantum Information and Cryptography
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Drummond has published research in several venues, frequently contributing to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review A / Physical Review, A
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Physical Review Research
Physics Letters A

Some of the recent academic papers authored or co-authored by Drummond include:

"Dynamics of transient cat states in degenerate parametric oscillation with and without nonlinear Kerr interactions," 2020, Physical Review A
"Universal contact of strongly interacting fermions at finite temperatures," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
"Simulating complex networks in phase space: Gaussian boson sampling," 2022, Physical Review A
"Retrocausal model of reality for quantum fields," 2020, Physical Review Research
"Entanglement, number fluctuations and optimized interferometric phase measurement," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Frequent collaborators in Drummond's research include:

M. D. Reid
Ria Rushin Joseph
Run Yan Teh
Bogdan Opanchuk
Manushan Thenabadu

Drummond has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2000. The citation for this fellowship notes their pioneering theoretical studies in quantum noise within nonlinear optical processes, covering areas such as superfluorescence, optical bistability, parametric amplification and oscillation, fiberoptical solitons, tests of quantum correlations, and the positive-P representation.

Best Publications

Colloquium: The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox: From concepts to applications

M. D. Reid;P. D. Drummond;Warwick Bowen;E G Cavalcanti

739
Citations
Quantum correlations of phase in nondegenerate parametric oscillation.

M. D. Reid;P. D. Drummond

681
Citations
Quantum theory of optical bistability. I. Nonlinear polarisability model

P D Drummond;D F Walls

635
Citations
Quantum limits on bosonic communication rates

Carlton M. Caves;P.D. Drummond

527
Citations
Non-equilibrium Transitions in Sub/Second Harmonic Generation

P.D. Drummond;K.J. McNeil;D.F. Walls

524
Citations
DYNAMICAL QUANTUM NOISE IN TRAPPED BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES

M. J. Steel;M. J. Steel;M. K. Olsen;L. I. Plimak;P. D. Drummond;P. D. Drummond;P. D. Drummond

502
Citations
Superchemistry: dynamics of coupled atomic and molecular bose-einstein condensates

D. J. Heinzen;Roahn Wynar;P. D. Drummond;K. V. Kheruntsyan

447
Citations
Observation of bound states of solitons in a passively mode-locked fiber laser

D. Y. Tang;W. S. Man;Hwa Yaw Tam;P. D. Drummond

412
Citations
Pair Correlations in a Finite-Temperature 1D Bose Gas

K. V. Kheruntsyan;D. M. Gangardt;P. D. Drummond;G. V. Shlyapnikov;G. V. Shlyapnikov;G. V. Shlyapnikov

322
Citations
Squeezing of quantum solitons.

S. J. Carter;P. D. Drummond;M. D. Reid;R. M. Shelby

302
Citations
Quantum solitons in optical fibres

P. D. Drummond;R. M. Shelby;S. R. Friberg;Y. Yamamoto;Y. Yamamoto

298
Citations
Quantum-field theory of squeezing in solitons

P. D. Drummond;S. J. Carter

288
Citations
Coherent Molecular Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

P. D. Drummond;K. V. Kheruntsyan;H. He

285
Citations
Phase diagram of a strongly interacting polarized fermi gas in one dimension

Hui Hu;Hui Hu;Xia-Ji Liu;Peter D. Drummond

276
Citations
Universal behavior of pair correlations in a strongly interacting Fermi gas.

E. D. Kuhnle;H. Hu;X.-J. Liu;P. Dyke

246
Citations
Correlations in nondegenerate parametric oscillation. II. Below threshold results

P. D. Drummond;M. D. Reid

227
Citations
Quantum theory of optical bistability. II. Atomic fluorescence in a high- Q cavity

P. D. Drummond;D. F. Walls

223
Citations
Equation of state of a superfluid Fermi gas in the BCS-BEC crossover

H. Hu;X.-J. Liu;P. D. Drummond

220
Citations
Virial expansion for a strongly correlated Fermi gas.

Xia-Ji Liu;Xia-Ji Liu;Hui Hu;Hui Hu;Hui Hu;Peter D. Drummond

215
Citations
Time reversed acoustics

Zbigniew Ficek;Peter D. Drummond

1
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