Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2019 he received the Herbert Walther Award for his outstanding contribution to quantum information science. Also in 2019 Knight received the highest accolade from the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Faraday Medal for his 'outstanding contribution in the field of quantum engineering', acknowledging that 'His pivotal role in conceiving, designing and delivering the National Quantum Technologies Programme has put the UK quantum science and engineering at the front of the global race to establish the second information revolution.' Notable publications Knight is the author of several books and hundreds of academic papers. He is an ISI Highly Cited author. Publications include, Concepts of quantum optics (1983, 18 editions) Squeezed light : special issue (1987) with Rodney Loudon in Journal of Modern Optics The quantum-jump approach to dissipative dynamics in quantum optics (1998) with M.B. Plenio in Reviews of Modern Physics Atomic physics with super-high intensity lasers (1997) with M. Protopapas and Christoph Keitel in Reports on Progress in Physics Introductory quantum optics (2004, 27 editions) with Christopher C. Gerry Springer handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics (2006) with S. Scheel (chapter) The Jaynes-Cummings Model (2007) with Bruce Shore in Journal of Modern Optics See also Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain Immanuel Bloch Nonclassical light Optics Robert Boyd (physicist) Steven Girvin Vlatko Vedral References Place of birth missing (living people) Living people British physicists People educated at Bedford Modern School Alumni of the University of Sussex Academics of Imperial College London Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Institute of Physics Knights Bachelor Presidents of Optica (society) Presidents of the Institute of Physics 1947 births Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina