Nobel physics award winnersFile portraits of 2009 Physics Nobel Prize winners are projected during the announcement of the winners at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm , Sweden , 06 October 2009 . UK based Charles K . Kao of China , Willard S . Boyle and George E . Smith , who both work out of the US , have won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics , it was announced in Stockholm 06 October 2009 . Kao was cited " for groundbreaking achievements concerning the ransmission of light in fibres for optical communication " while Boyle and Smith were cited for inventing the CCD sensor , the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said . The physics prize was the second of this year ' s Nobel Prizes to be announced following the medicine prize announced 05 October . EPA / BERTIL ERICSON SWEDEN OUT < 실시간 뉴스 가 당신 의 손안 으로 . . 연합뉴스 폰 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >