Photo Gallery

Charles K. Kao receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

Charles K. Kao after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

Close-up of the Nobel Laureates in Physics (from left to right): Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

The 2009 Nobel Laureates stand for the Swedish national anthem (from left to right): Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak, Herta Müller, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

Charles K. Kao, with his wife Mrs May W. Kao, after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

Charles K. Kao (right), with his wife Mrs May W. Kao left) at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

From left to right: Crown Princess Victoria, Mrs Betty Boyle, Nobel Laureate Willard S. Boyle, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Nobel Laureate George E. Smith, Princess Madeleine, Nobel Laureate Charles K. Kao, Mrs May W. Kao, Mrs Janet L. Murphy, and Prince Carl Philip at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Charles K. Kao and his wife, Mrs May W. Kao, photographed by students after the Nobel Lecture in Stockholm, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Charles K. Kao, assisted by his wife, Mrs May W. Kao, signing autographs for enthusiastic students after the Nobel Lecture in Stockholm, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith after delivering their Nobel Lectures at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2009. Professor Joseph Nordgren, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, is standing to the far left. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Charles K. Kao's Nobel Lecture was held by his wife, Mrs May W. Kao, at Aula Magna in Stockholm University on 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Charles K. Kao and his wife, Mrs May W. Kao, during the reception at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, 7 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Mrs May W. Kao and Charles K. Kao during the interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009 Photo: Niclas Enberg

 

Mrs May W. Kao and Charles K. Kao during the interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009 Photo: Niclas Enberg

 

Charles K. Kao during the interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009 Photo: Niclas Enberg

 

Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Charles K. Kao assisted by his wife Mrs May W. Kao, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Museum 2009 Photo: Jonas Ekströmer

 

Professor Charles Kao (third from right) poses shoulder-to-shoulder with students from the Chinese University in Hong Kong on the first day of the 1994-95 academic year. Copyright © The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Flashback to 1960s: the then young scientist Charles Kao doing an early experiment on optical fibre at the Standard Telecommunications Laboratory at Harlow, United Kingdom. Copyright © The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Portrait of Charles K. Kao. Copyright © The Chinese University of Hong Kong