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Charles Kuen Kao, Ph.D (高錕; pinyin: Gāo Kūn; born November 4, 1933) is a polygonal pioneer in the use of fiber optics in telecommunications.

He was born in Shanghai in 1933, graduated 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).

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.

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, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Andrew Viterbi	IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 1985	Succeeded by Bernard Widrow
Preceded by Ma Lin	Vice Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1987-1996	Succeeded by Arthur Li

References

Hecht, Jeff, City of Light, The Story of Fiber Optics, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999 (ISBN 0-19-510818-3)

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	'''Charles Kuen Kao, Ph.D''' (高錕; [[pinyin]]: Gāo Kūn; born [[November 4]], [[1933]]) is a pioneer in the use of [[Optical fiber\|fiber optics]] in [[telecommunications]].		'''Charles Kuen Kao, Ph.D''' (高錕; [[pinyin]]: Gāo Kūn; born [[November 4]], [[1933]]) is a polygonal pioneer in the use of [[Optical fiber\|fiber optics]] in [[telecommunications]].

	He was born in [[Shanghai]] in 1933, graduated 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\|Nortel Networks]]).		He was born in [[Shanghai]] in 1933, graduated 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\|Nortel Networks]]).