Charles Kuen Kao, Ph.D (高錕; pinyin: Gāo Kūn; born November 4, 1933) is a pioneer in the use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A bundle of optical fibers. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...

He was born in Shanghai in 1933, left in electrical engineering from the University of London in 1957, and then worked as an engineer for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) and their research centre Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, England (now Nortel Networks). Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is Chinas largest city by population. ... This article treats electronics engineering as a subfield of electrical engineering, though this is not typical use in some areas. ... The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd (later STC plc) was a British telephone, telegraph, radio, telecommunications and related equipment R&D manufacturer. ... Northern Telecommunications Networks, commonly known as Nortel, is a telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Canada. ...

He was awarded a PhD in electrical engineering by the University of 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. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

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, South Asia. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (abbreviation: CUHK; Chinese: 香港中文大學; Cantonese: IPA: , Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 jung1 man4 dai6 hok6; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Zhōngwén Dàxué) is the second oldest of the eight universities in Hong Kong. ... Established in 1875, St. ...

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References

• Hecht, Jeff, City of Light, The Story of Fiber Optics, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999 (ISBN 0195108183)

External links

• http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/aoc/aoc.kao.html
• Lighting the way to a revolution