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'''Sir Charles Kuen Kao''' <small>[[Grand Bauhinia Medal|GBM]] [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Royal Society|FRS]] [[Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering|FREng]]</small><ref name="NAE">[http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/28011.aspx Charles K. Kao was elected in 1990] as a member of [[National Academy of Engineering]] in [[List of members of the National Academy of Engineering (Electronics)|Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering]] for pioneering and sustained accomplishments towards the theoretical and practical realization of [[Fiber-optic communication|optical fibre communication]] systems.</ref><ref name="Kao GBM">{{cite web |title = 306 people to receive honours |url = http://news.gov.hk/en/category/administration/html/f0599757-fe18-4908-a5e2-8537d84aafba.htm |publisher = The Government of [[Hong Kong SAR]] |date = 1. juli 2010 |accessdate = 1. juli 2010}} {{Dead link|date=oktober 2010 |bot = H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="Kao KBE">{{cite web |url = http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59446/supplements/23 |title=2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List |format = PDF |website = [[London Gazette|The London Gazette]] |date = 12. juni 2010 |at = Supplement No.1 B23 |accessdate=12. juni 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/trackdoc.asp?id=4275&pId=1727|title=- Royal Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/fellowslist.htm?Search=Yes&Alpha=All&Page=37&Size=20 |title=The Fellowship – List of Fellows |publisher=Raeng.org.uk |accessdate=26. oktober 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612052227/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/fellowslist.htm?Search=Yes&Alpha=All&Page=37&Size=20 |archive-date=12. juni 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (født [[4. november]] [[1933]], død [[23. september]] [[2018]]) var en [[fysiker]] og [[elektroingeniør]], der var pioner inden for udviklingen og anvendelsen af [[Glasfiber|optiske fibre]] til telekommunikation. I 1960'erne skabte Kao forskellige metoder til at kombinerer glasfibre med lasere for at kunne sende digital data, hvilket lagde grunden til udviklingen af [[internettet]].
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