Company · founded 1851
Corning Incorporated
United StatesCommunicationsMaterials & Metallurgy
About
An American materials-science company specializing in glass and ceramics.
Role in innovation
Where Robert Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz produced the first low-loss optical fiber (1970), turning Kao's insight into a practical medium.
Associated inventions
Sources & further reading
Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.
- Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)IEEE / United Engineering Foundation · Professional body
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 — Charles K. Kao (fiber optics)The Nobel Prize · Professional body
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