Charles Kao, tus uas tau tshawb pom qee yam khoom siv ntawm iav hauv xyoo 1960, tau tsim lub hauv paus rau kev sib txuas lus ceev ceev hauv lub hnub nyoog xov xwm thiab hu ua "leej txiv ntawm kev sib txuas lus fiber ntau." Ua ntej Dr. Kao txoj haujlwm thawj coj, nws tau ntseeg dav dav tias cov iav fiber tsis haum rau kev coj cov ntaub ntawv vim yog qhov poob ntawm lub teeb liab ntau dhau los ntawm kev tawg ntawm lub teeb. Dr. Kao paub tias los ntawm kev ua tib zoo ntxuav lub iav, nws muaj peev xwm tsim cov pob ntawm cov fibers zoo uas tuaj yeem xa cov ntaub ntawv ntau dhau mus deb nrog qhov teeb liab tsawg kawg nkaus thiab tuaj yeem hloov cov xov tooj liab rau kev sib txuas lus. Nws tau sib koom 2009 Nobel Prize hauv Physics nrog Canadian physicist Willard S. Boyle (1924-2011) thiab American scientist George E. Smith (1930-), Ua ke, lawv tau tsim ib lub cuab yeej them-coupled rau kev hloov cov ntaub ntawv optical mus rau hauv cov teeb liab hluav taws xob. Cov fibers optical thiab cov khoom siv them-coupled ua rau muaj kev sib txuas lus broadband uas cov ntaub ntawv kho mob niaj hnub no thiab kev tshaj tawm hauv hluav taws xob nyob ntawm, ib yam li cov khoom siv duab tshwj xeeb hauv cov khoom siv ophthalmic thiab microscopes.

Charles Kao yug rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 4, 1933, hauv Shanghai, Suav teb. Nws txiv, ib tug kws lij choj, tau txais nws daim ntawv pov thawj juris Doctor los ntawm University of Michigan xyoo 1925 thiab tom qab ntawd tau los ua xibfwb ntawm Soochow University hauv Shanghai. Thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus, Dr. Kao tau kawm cov ntawv Suav qub hauv tsev nrog ib tus kws qhia ntawv thiab kawm lus Askiv thiab Fab Kis ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv thoob ntiaj teb hauv Shanghai.

Xyoo 1948, Dr. Kao tau tsiv nws tsev neeg mus rau Hong Kong. Xyoo 1952, Dr. Kao tau kawm tiav theem nrab ntawm St. Joseph's College. Tom qab ntawd nws tau mus rau tebchaws Askiv kom kawm tiav qib siab hauv kev tsim hluav taws xob ntawm Woolwich Polytechnic (tam sim no yog University of Greenwich). Xyoo 1965, Dr. Kao tau txais daim ntawv pov thawj doctorate hauv kev tsim hluav taws xob los ntawm University of London thiab ua haujlwm ua tus engineer ntawm Standard Telephone and Cable Research Center hauv Harlow, tebchaws Askiv.

Xyoo 1970, nws tau koom nrog Suav University of Hong Kong los tsim Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tsim Hluav Taws Xob. Xyoo 1974, nws tau tsiv mus rau Roanoke, Virginia, Tebchaws Meskas, ua haujlwm rau ITT Corporation (lub tuam txhab niam txiv ntawm Standard xov tooj thiab cable) ua tus kws tshawb fawb tseem ceeb thiab tom qab ntawd ua tus thawj coj ntawm kev tsim kho. Thaum lub sijhawm no, ntau daim ntawv pov thawj tseem ceeb ntsig txog fiber optics tau raug xa mus. Xyoo 1982, nws tau raug xaiv los ua tus kws tshawb fawb thawj zaug ntawm ITT thiab tau tsiv mus rau Connecticut, qhov chaw uas nws kuj tau ua tus xibfwb qhia ntxiv ntawm Yale University. Xyoo 1987, Dr. Kao rov qab mus rau Suav University of Hong Kong ua tus lwm thawj coj. Nws so haujlwm xyoo 1996 thiab txij li ntawd los tau tuav cov xibfwb qhia ntawv thiab ntau txoj haujlwm hwm.

Xyoo 2004, Dr. Kao tau kuaj pom tias muaj tus kab mob Alzheimer's, thiab nws thiab nws tus poj niam, may-wan, tus qub kws sau ntawv Fortran uas nws tau ntsib thaum kawm ntawv hauv London xyoo 1950, thaum kawg tau tsiv mus rau California kom nyob ze rau lawv cov menyuam. Tom qab Dr. Kao tau txais Nobel Prize, nws tus poj niam tau hais hauv kev xam phaj tias qhov khoom plig yuav siv los them rau Dr. Kao cov nqi kho mob, tej zaum yog thawj zaug uas Nobel Prize tau siv rau lub hom phiaj zoo li no.

Xyoo 2010, muaj ib daim ntawv xa ntawv Hong Kong uas ua kev nco txog Dr. Kao. Ntxiv rau qhov khoom plig Nobel, Dr. Kao kuj tau txais ntau yam khoom plig, suav nrog Faraday Medal xyoo 1989, Alexander Graham Medal xyoo 1985, Marconi Medal xyoo 1985, thiab ntau daim ntawv pov thawj honorary los ntawm cov tsev kawm qib siab thiab tsev kawm qib siab thoob plaws ntiaj teb.