Charles Kao, uyo akawana zvimwe zvezvimiro zvegirazi muma1960, akaisa hwaro hwekutaurirana kwedata nekukurumidza munguva yeruzivo uye anozivikanwa sa "baba vekutaurirana kwefiber ye optical." Dr. Kao asati atanga basa rake rekutanga, zvaitendwa zvakanyanya kuti fiber yegirazi yakanga isina kukodzera senzira yekufambisa ruzivo nekuda kwekurasikirwa kwakanyanya kwesignali kunokonzerwa nekupararira kwechiedza. Dr. Kao akaona kuti nekuchenesa girazi nokungwarira, zvaikwanisika kugadzira mabhurugwa efibers akanaka aigona kutumira ruzivo rwakawanda kure kure nekuderedza zviratidzo zvishoma uye aigona kutsiva waya dzemhangura dzekutaurirana. Akagovana Nobel Prize ya2009 muFizikisi nenyanzvi yefizikisi yekuCanada Willard S. Boyle (1924-2011) uye musayendisiti wekuAmerica George E. Smith (1930-), Pamwe chete, vakagadzira mudziyo wakabatana nechaji wekushandura ruzivo rwe optical kuita zviratidzo zvemagetsi. Fibers dze optical nemidziyo yakabatana nechaji zvinogonesa kutaurirana kwe broadband uko ruzivo rwemazuva ano rwekurapa nekushambadzira kwemagetsi zvinoenderana, sezvinoitawo michina chaiyo yekufungidzira mumidziyo yemaziso nemaikorosikopu.

Charles Kao akaberekwa musi wa4 Mbudzi, 1933, muShanghai, China. Baba vake, gweta, vakawana Chiremba weJuris kubva kuYunivhesiti yeMichigan muna 1925 uye gare gare vakazova purofesa paSoochow University muShanghai. Paaiva mwana, Dr. Kao akadzidza mabhuku echiChinese ekare kumba nemudzidzisi uye akadzidza Chirungu neFrench pachikoro chepasi rose muShanghai.

Muna 1948, Dr. Kao akatamisa mhuri yake kuHong Kong. Muna 1952, Dr. Kao akapedza chikoro chesekondari paSt. Joseph's College. Akazoenda kuEngland kunopedzisa zvidzidzo zvake zve undergraduate mu electrical engineering paWoolwich Polytechnic (yava kunzi University of Greenwich). Muna 1965, Dr. Kao akawana doctorate mu electrical engineering kubva kuYunivhesiti yeLondon uye akashanda seinjiniya paStandard Telephone and Cable Research Center muHarlow, England.

Muna 1970, akabatana neChinese University of Hong Kong kuti atange Dhipatimendi reElectrical Engineering. Muna 1974, akatamira kuRoanoke, Virginia, USA, kunoshandira ITT Corporation (kambani huru yeStandard telephone and cable) semusayendisiti mukuru uye gare gare semutungamiriri weinjiniya. Munguva iyi, mapatenti mazhinji akakosha ane chekuita nefiber optics akaiswa muhofisi. Muna 1982, akasarudzwa semusayendisiti wekutanga weITT uye akatamira kuConnecticut, kwaakashandawo semupurofesa wepaYale University. Muna 1987, Dr. Kao akadzokera kuChinese University of Hong Kong seMutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika. Akasiya basa muna 1996 uye kubvira ipapo ave nemabasa ekushanya ehupurofesa uye mabasa akasiyana-siyana ekuremekedzwa.

Muna 2004, Dr. Kao akaonekwa aine chirwere cheAlzheimer, uye iye nemukadzi wake, may-wan, aimbove mugadziri wemapurogiramu eFortran waakasangana naye paaidzidza muLondon kuma1950, vakazopedzisira vatamira kuCalifornia kuti vave pedyo nevana vavo. Mushure mekunge Dr. Kao apihwa Nobel Prize, mudzimai wake akataura mubvunzurudzo kuti mubairo uyu waizoshandiswa kubhadhara mari yekurapwa kwaDr. Kao, pamwe ndiyo nguva yekutanga Nobel Prize yakashandiswa pachinangwa chakadaro.

Chitambi chekuHong Kong chekuyeuchidza Dr. Kao chakabudiswa muna 2010. Pamusoro peNobel Prize, Dr. Kao akagamuchira mibairo yakawanda, kusanganisira Faraday Medal muna 1989, Alexander Graham Medal muna 1985, Marconi Medal muna 1985, uye madhigirii akawanda ekuremekedzwa kubva kumayunivhesiti nemakoreji pasi rose.