Useful Links / Further Reading
The Nobel Laureates |
Charles K. Kao, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Willard S. Boyle, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
George E. Smith, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
Popular science |
Smith, G.E. (2009) The invention and early history of the CCD. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 607, p. 1–6. |
Janesick, J.R. (2002) Duelling Detectors. SPIE’s oemagazine, February, p. 30-33. |
Janesick, J.R. (2001) Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices. SPIE Press Monograph, Vol. PM83. |
Hecht, J. (1991) City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics. Oxford University Press. |
Su, F. (1990) Technology of our times: people and innovation in optics and optoelectronics. SPIE Press, p. 80–95. |
Scientific articles |
Kao, C.K. , Hockham, G.A. (1966) Dielectric-fibre Surface Waveguides for Optical Frequencies. Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers-London 113, p. 1151. |
Boyle, W.S., Smith, G.E. (1970) Charge Couple Semiconductor Devices. Bell System Technical Journal 49, p. 587. |
Links |
www.fiber-optics.info |
www.jyi.org/volumes/volume3/issue1/features/peterson.html |
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.
See them all presented here.
See them all presented here.
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