Fiber optics communications modules
- Filed
- 14 August 1979
- Granted
- 11 May 1982
- Assignee
- Kaptron Inc
- Co-inventors
- Fred C. Unterleitner
Optics
Narinder Singh Kapany: inventions and patents
Known for Image transmission through optical fibre bundlesNationality Born in Moga, India31 October 1926 to 4 December 2020
Narinder Singh Kapany, born in Moga, India, worked with Harold Hopkins at Imperial College London on optical fibre bundles, and their research was published in Nature in 1954. Optica says he was known as the Father of Fiber Optics for demonstrating image transmission through such bundles. He founded Optics Technology in Palo Alto, California, in 1960, and is a named inventor on US Patent 4,329,017 for fibre optics communications modules, assigned to Kaptron.1,2
Patents
Inventions
- Image transmission through optical fibre bundles, 1954. Research with Harold Hopkins published in Nature in 1954.1
Recognition
- 1961 Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA, now Optica)1
Sources
- Optica, Narinder S. Kapany (2020)
- Google Patents, US4329017A Fiber optics communications modules (accessed 2026-10-27)