The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
“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: Richard Epworth | Copyright © National Academy of Engineering | Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation/SCANPIX |
| Charles K. Kao | Willard S. Boyle | George E. Smith |
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 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 |
Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award.
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