Charles K. Kao
USINFO | 2013-08-12 15:33
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith
Charles Kuen Kao
Born: 4 November 1933, Shanghai, China
Affiliation at the time of the award: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, United Kingdom, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Prize motivation: "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
Field: Fiber technology, instrumentation
harles Kuen Kao, British and US citizen. Born 1933 in Shanghai, China. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering 1965 from University of London, UK. Director of Engineering at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK. Vice-chancellor, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retired 1996.
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