Prof Charles Kuen Kao was known as the “Father of Fibre Optics”, “Father of Fibre Optic Communications” and “Godfather of Broadband” to acknowledge his groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication, which was instrumental to the. Prof Charles Kuen Kao was known as the “Father of Fibre Optics”, “Father of Fibre Optic Communications” and “Godfather of Broadband” to acknowledge his groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication, which was instrumental to the. Sir Charles Kuen Kao (November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) 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. Charles Kuen Kao's bold experiments proved data could be transmitted on light through glass fibres, laying the groundwork for today's internet and a world transformed by connection. Voted by the public as the most.
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