Nobel Prize in physics, 2009
firstname: Charles K.
surname: Kao
motivation: "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
firstname: Willard S.
surname: Boyle
motivation: "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"
firstname: George E.
surname: Smith
motivation: "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"