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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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