3 Americans share 2009 Nobel physics prize (AP)

FILE -- This is a Tuesday, April 23, 1996 file photo of Charles K. Kao. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 that Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics. Charles K. Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fiber optics while Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith were honored for inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit known as the CCD sensor. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara/file)AP – Three Americans whose research in the 1960s laid the foundation for digital images and lightning-fast communication shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their work developing fiber-optic cable and the sensor at the heart of digital cameras.

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