Charles Kuen Kao (高錕; Gāo Kūn; born in 4 November 1933) is an engineer and a pioneer in the use of fiber optics in telecommunications. He was born in Shanghai in 1933, graduated in electrical engineering from the Woolwich Polytechnic in 1957, and then worked as an engineer for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) and their research centre Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, England.

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  • Charles Kuen Kao (高錕; Gāo Kūn; born in 4 November 1933) is an engineer and a pioneer in the use of fiber optics in telecommunications. He was born in Shanghai in 1933, graduated in electrical engineering from the Woolwich Polytechnic in 1957, and then worked as an engineer for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) and their research centre Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, England. He was awarded a PhD degree in electrical engineering by the Imperial College London in 1965, and the following year with George Hockham did his pioneering work in the realisation of fiber optics as a telecommunications medium, by demonstrating that the high-loss of existing fiber optics arose from impurities in the glass, rather than from an underlying problem with the technology itself. Since leaving STL, he has worked as director of research at ITT, Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and CEO of Transtech. He is currently Chairman and CEO of ITX Services. He is also a notable alumnus of St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong.
  • 高錕，CBE（Charles Kao，1933年11月4日－），美籍华人，生于中国上海金山區。光纤通讯、电机工程专家。光纖之父，前香港中文大學校長。美国国家工程院院士、英国皇家工程科学院院士、英国皇家艺术学会会员和瑞典皇家工程科学院外籍院士，台湾中央研究院院士。1996年当选中国科学院外籍院士。 中学就读于香港圣若瑟书院，1957年毕业于帝国理工学院电子工程系。 1965年，在以无数实验为基础的一篇论文中提出：用石英基玻璃纤维进行长距离信息传递，将带来一场通讯事业的革命，并提出当玻璃纤维损耗率下降到20分贝/公里时，光纤通讯即可成功。他的研究为人类进入光导新纪元打开了大门。为此，获得了爱迪生电信奖、马可尼国际奖、贝尔奖、巴伦坦奖章、利布曼奖和光电子学奖金等。
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  • Charles Kuen Kao (高錕; Gāo Kūn; born in 4 November 1933) is an engineer and a pioneer in the use of fiber optics in telecommunications. He was born in Shanghai in 1933, graduated in electrical engineering from the Woolwich Polytechnic in 1957, and then worked as an engineer for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) and their research centre Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, England.
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  • Charles K. Kao
  • Charles Kao
  • 高錕
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