Film reel
- ID-nummer
- 2009.009.001
- Titel
- Film reel
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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The film, from 1966, shows Charles Kao during his early experiments with optical fibres conducted at the British telecom company Standard Telecommunication Laboratories.
Kao's findings from the experiments were that optical fibres could be used for efficient transfer of information, if only the glass they were made of could be purified. This was eventually made possible, and a large part of our communication today is through optical fibres.
The film was donated to the Nobel Prize Museum by Richard Epworth at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories when Kao was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009. - Person
- Charles K. Kao
- Mått
- Width: 111 mm
- Provenance
- 732 Nobel Museum Temporary
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