City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics

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Bergano, Neal: Bell Labs developer of high-speed fiber-optic systems.
Berreman, Dwight: Bell Labs physicist who invented the gas lens.
Black, Phil: Fiber developer at Standard Telecommunication Labs.
Bolton, Sir Francis (1830–1887): English engineer, London city water inspector,
and designer of illuminated fountains for 1884 London exhibition.
Boys, Charles Vernon (1855–1944): British physicist who made strong quartz
fibers for mechanical measurements.
Bray, John: Research director at British Post Office Research Station from 1966
to 1975.
British Post Office Research Station: Research arm of the British Post Office,
which operated the country’s telephone system until British Telecom was
formed around 1980. Initially at Dollis Hill in London, the research group
moved to Martlesham Heath in the early 1970s and became British Telecom
Research Laboratories, now British Telecom Laboratories.
British Telecom: British telephone company, originally part of the British Post
Office.
Brouwer, Willem: Student of van Heel’s who worked on fiber bundles and proposed
image scramblers; immigrated to America in 1953 and became noted
optical designer.
Cerny, Rich: Fiber-optic marketeer and entrepreneur at Valtec and other companies.
Chown, Martin: Engineer who developed early fiber systems under Charles Kao
at Standard Telecommunication Labs.
Chraplyvy, Andy: Bell Labs developer of high-speed fiber-optic systems.
Chynoweth, Alan: Director of materials research at Bell Labs in Murray Hill in
1970s and 1980s.
Colladon, J. Daniel (1802–1891): Swiss physicist and engineer, demonstrated
light guiding in a jet of water in 1841, a principle later used in illuminated
fountains.
Cook, Jack: Fiber-optic group manager working for Stew Miller at Bell Labs; later
founded Dorran Photonics.
Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry: British physicist who patented the fiber-optic faceplate;
later worked at Bell Labs.
Curtiss, Lawrence: Made first practical glass-clad fibers while an undergraduate
student at the University of Michigan; co-developer of first practical fiber-optic
endoscope.
Daglish, Hugh: Early fiber developer at British Post Office.
DeLoach, Barney: Bell Labs semiconductor specialist; led group that made million-hour
diode lasers.
de Réaumur, Réné: French industrialist and engineer who made spun glass
fibers for artificial heron feathers in early 1700s.
Desurvire, Emmanuel: Developer of erbium optical amplifiers at Bell Labs.
Dobson, Paul: Engineer who started communication fiber optics at Valtec.
Drendel, Frank: Head of Comm/Scope, later chairman of Valtec.
Duke, David: Manager of Corning’s fiber business from 1976 through 1980s;
retired as Corning vice chairman in 1996.