"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"
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| Photo: U. Montan |
Photo: U. Montan |
Photo: U. Montan |
| Charles K. Kao |
Willard S. Boyle |
George E. Smith |
1/2 of the prize |
1/4 of the prize |
1/4 of the prize |
Standard Telecommunication Laboratories
Harlow, United Kingdom; Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China |
Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
b. 1933
(in Shanghai, China) |
b. 1924
(in Amherst, NS, Canada) |
b. 1930 |
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