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1 (of 13) George E. Smith 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

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2 (of 13) George E. Smith after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
Photo: Hans Mehlin

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3 (of 13) 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
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4 (of 13) 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
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5 (of 13) George E. Smith delivers his banquet speech at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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6 (of 13) 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
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7 (of 13) The 2009 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2009. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Thomas A. Steitz, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, and Nobel Laureate in Physics George E. Smith. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Willard S. Boyle, Laureate in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Literature Herta Müller and Laureate in Economic Sciences, Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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8 (of 13) George E. Smith signing autographs for students after the Nobel Lecture in Stockholm, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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9 (of 13) 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
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10 (of 13) George E. Smith delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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11 (of 13) George E. Smith, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2009.

Copyright © The Nobel Museum 2009 Photo: Jonas Ekströmer

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12 (of 13) Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle (left) and George Smith (right) with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information and is the basis for many forms of imaging, including camcorders and satellite surveillance. Photo taken in 1974.

Photo: Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs

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13 (of 13) The CCD image sensor is at the heart of a solid state video camera. A flat chip of oxidized silicon covered with a complicated array of metal electrodes is the image sensor at the heart of the solid state video camera built by Bell Lab engineers.

Photo: Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs