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The Nobel Prize in

Physics 2009

Prize Amount: 10,000,000 SEK

Laureates

Charles K. Kao

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"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"

Willard S. Boyle

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"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"

George E. Smith

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"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"