Charles Kuen Kao

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Nobel laureate electrical engineer inventor physicist

Charles Kuen Kao was a pioneering physicist and electrical engineer known as the “father of fiber optics” for his groundbreaking work that enabled modern fiber-optic communications.

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Faraday Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Stuart Ballantine Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCountry	Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1933-11-04 ⓘ
birthPlace	Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
citizenship	Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2018-09-23 ⓘ
deathPlace	Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Engineering ⓘ PhD in Electrical Engineering ⓘ
educatedAt	University of London ⓘ Woolwich Polytechnic NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Chinese University of Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ ITT Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Telecommunication Laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Kao NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering ⓘ fiber-optic communications ⓘ optics ⓘ
fullName	Charles Kuen Kao NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Charles ⓘ
honorificTitle	Father of Fiber Optics ⓘ
knownFor	being called the "father of fiber optics" ⓘ demonstrating the feasibility of long-distance fiber-optic communication ⓘ pioneering work on fiber-optic communications ⓘ
marriageStart	1959 ⓘ
memberOf	Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ US National Academy of Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	高錕 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear	2009 ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Electronics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong ⓘ Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchContribution	identified material purity as key to low-loss optical fibers ⓘ showed that glass fibers could be used for long-distance communication if attenuation was reduced below 20 dB/km ⓘ
spouse	Gwen May-Wan Kao NERFINISHED ⓘ