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Charles K. Kao

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

  • Fame58.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia9.8K
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Lived 1933–2018, aged 85United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomScientistsScientist
  • Wikipedia
    71 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1933–2018
    Aged 85
  • Awards
    23
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-09

Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet and the eventual creation of the World Wide Web.

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