Computing, IT & AI
Fibre optics (imaging fibre bundles)
1950s CENarinder Singh KapanyKapany's optics researchDiaspora (work abroad)
1950
Pioneered transmitting images through bundles of glass fibres and coined the term 'fibre optics'.
- Dated
- 1950–1959
- As scholars put it
- 1950s CE
- Originator
- Narinder Singh Kapany
- Source text
- Kapany's optics research
- Region
- Diaspora (work abroad)
- Discipline
- Computing, IT & AI
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Fibre-optic communications later developed by many groups worldwide.
Fair to say
By the India-born 'father of fibre optics'; long-distance fibre comms were a broader later achievement.
Path to modern innovation
Fibre optics underpins global internet and telecom backbones.
Transmission
Work done by the India-born Kapany in the UK and US.
References
- 1Fortune profile of Kapany
- 2optics histories
Further reading
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