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Gong was back in China by 1938. He soon began preparing for the construction of China's first optical factory, the Kunming Optical Instrument Factory, to produce urgently needed instruments for the military. When the factory came into operation, he served as director of manufacturing. Six months
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during the Sino-Japanese War, but failed in the difficult wartime conditions. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he tried again and succeeded in 1953. After the successful trial production, he established an R&D base in
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in 1930 and joined its faculty upon graduation. In 1932, he began his postgraduate studies at Tsinghua under the supervision of the prominent physicist
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industry and served as Founding Director of the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the
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In 1962, he established the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the
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History of Modern Optics and Optoelectronics Development in China
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in China. He was elected an academician of the CAS in 1980.
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broke out and China came under military invasion by the
114:In July 1934, he left for Germany to study at the 313:Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics 65:; 10 November 1904 – 26 June 1986) was a Chinese 330: 101:(Zhao Zhongyao), and his research on secondary 80: 359:Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 276: 274: 272: 270: 268: 266: 264: 262: 93:. He obtained his bachelor's degree from 237: 61: 331: 259: 379:Academic staff of Tsinghua University 85:Gong was born on 10 November 1904 in 384:Technische Universität Berlin alumni 287:. World Scientific. pp. 19–21. 233: 231: 229: 204: 202: 154:Gong made three attempts to produce 280: 189:on 26 June 1986, at the age of 81. 13: 14: 395: 226: 199: 139:later, it produced China's first 349:Chinese expatriates in Germany 301: 118:in Berlin-Charlottenburg (now 69:. He was a founder of China's 44: 1: 192: 174:and East Asia's then-largest 120:Technische Universität Berlin 7: 214:Chinese Academy of Sciences 168:Chinese Academy of Sciences 75:Chinese Academy of Sciences 10: 400: 374:Tsinghua University alumni 364:Chinese optical physicists 18: 133: 16:Chinese optical physicist 369:Physicists from Shanghai 124:Second Sino-Japanese War 81:Early life and education 354:Educators from Shanghai 180:high-speed photography 176:astronomical telescope 116:Technische Hochschule 243:"怀念《光学手册》的倡议者龚祖同院士" 95:Tsinghua University 281:Gan, Fuxi (2014). 89:, during the late 294:978-981-4518-76-5 105:was published in 67:optical physicist 391: 323: 322: 320: 319: 305: 299: 298: 278: 257: 256: 254: 253: 241:(13 July 2010). 235: 224: 223: 221: 220: 206: 63: 54: 399: 398: 394: 393: 392: 390: 389: 388: 329: 328: 327: 326: 317: 315: 307: 306: 302: 295: 279: 260: 251: 249: 236: 227: 218: 216: 208: 207: 200: 195: 136: 128:Empire of Japan 103:gamma radiation 83: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 397: 387: 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 346: 341: 325: 324: 300: 293: 258: 225: 197: 196: 194: 191: 135: 132: 99:Chung-Yao Chao 82: 79: 62:Kung Tsu-t'ung 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 396: 385: 382: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 336: 334: 314: 310: 309:"Gong Zutong" 304: 296: 290: 286: 285: 277: 275: 273: 271: 269: 267: 265: 263: 248: 244: 240: 234: 232: 230: 215: 211: 205: 203: 198: 190: 188: 185:Gong died in 183: 181: 177: 173: 172:optical fiber 169: 164: 162: 157: 156:optical glass 152: 150: 146: 143:for military 142: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 112: 110: 109: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 78: 76: 72: 71:optical glass 68: 64: 58: 53: 50: 47: 42: 38: 32: 31: 26: 22: 316:. Retrieved 312: 303: 283: 250:. Retrieved 246: 217:. Retrieved 213: 184: 165: 153: 149:machine guns 137: 113: 107: 91:Qing dynasty 84: 60: 36: 35: 28: 21:Chinese name 344:1986 deaths 339:1904 births 37:Gong Zutong 25:family name 333:Categories 318:2019-02-05 252:2019-02-04 219:2019-02-04 193:References 145:binoculars 141:telescopes 57:Wade–Giles 161:Changchun 87:Shanghai 19:In this 239:Hou Xun 41:Chinese 291:  134:Career 108:Nature 59:: 43:: 23:, the 210:"龚祖同" 187:Xi'an 289:ISBN 247:CNKI 30:Gong 27:is 335:: 311:. 261:^ 245:. 228:^ 212:. 201:^ 151:. 111:. 55:; 321:. 297:. 255:. 222:. 52:同 49:祖 46:龚 39:( 33:.

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Chinese name
family name
Gong
Chinese



Wade–Giles
optical physicist
optical glass
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Qing dynasty
Tsinghua University
Chung-Yao Chao
gamma radiation
Nature
Technische Hochschule
Technische Universität Berlin
Second Sino-Japanese War
Empire of Japan
telescopes
binoculars
machine guns
optical glass
Changchun
Chinese Academy of Sciences
optical fiber
astronomical telescope
high-speed photography

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