Useful Links / Further Reading

| The Nobel Laureates |
| Charles K. Kao, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Willard S. Boyle, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
| George E. Smith, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
| Popular science |
| Smith, G.E. (2009) The invention and early history of the CCD. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 607, p. 1–6. |
| Janesick, J.R. (2002) Duelling Detectors. SPIE’s oemagazine, February, p. 30-33. |
| Janesick, J.R. (2001) Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices. SPIE Press Monograph, Vol. PM83. |
| Hecht, J. (1991) City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics. Oxford University Press. |
| Su, F. (1990) Technology of our times: people and innovation in optics and optoelectronics. SPIE Press, p. 80–95. |
| Scientific articles |
| Kao, C.K. , Hockham, G.A. (1966) Dielectric-fibre Surface Waveguides for Optical Frequencies. Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers-London 113, p. 1151. |
| Boyle, W.S., Smith, G.E. (1970) Charge Couple Semiconductor Devices. Bell System Technical Journal 49, p. 587. |
| Links |
| www.fiber-optics.info |
| www.jyi.org/volumes/volume3/issue1/features/peterson.html |
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