Robert D. Maurer
A physicist at Corning Glass Works who led the team that created the first optical fiber with attenuation below the critical 20 dB/km threshold in 1970.
Key facts
- Role
- Inventor
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1924
- Died
- 2021
A physicist at Corning Glass Works who led the team that created the first optical fiber with attenuation below the critical 20 dB/km threshold in 1970.