Blogsnicolae's blogWinners of Nobel Prize in Physics, 2009This year the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" and to "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor".
Laser in fibre
Optical fibers are used in transmitting information by means of pulses of light. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave modulated by information.
Charles K. Kao was born in 4 November 1933 in Shanghai, China. He is an engineer with Standard Telecommunication Laboratories Harlow, United Kingdomand professor with Chinese University of Hong Kong , China, and a pioneer in the use of fiber optics in telecommunications, being considered as the "Father of Fiber Optic Communications".
A specially developed CCD used for ultraviolet imaging in a wire bonded package.
The charge-coupled devices (CCDs) are analog shift registers that enables the transportation of analog signals through successive stages (capacitors), controlled by a clock signal. CCDs can be used as a form of memory or for delaying samples of analog signals. CCDs are used in digital photography, digital photogrammetry, astronomy, sensors, electron microscopy, medical fluoroscopy, optical and UV spectroscopy, and high speed techniques such as lucky imaging.
Willard Boyle
Willard Sterling Boyle was born August 19, 1924 in Amherst, NS, Canada. he is a physicist with Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ, USA, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. In 1969, Boyle and George E. Smith invented the charge-coupled device (CCD).
George E. Smith
George Elwood Smith was born in May 10, 1930. he is an American scientist with Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ, USA, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. In 1969, Smith and Willard Boyle invented the charge-coupled device (CCD).
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