The optics and photonics group in the research division, where Nolan works, has about 80 people, half of which are technicians. Areas of interest to the group are fiber optics, wave division multiplexing, nonlinear optics, and solitons. The second research facility is in Avon, France, and includes about 15 optics researchers. The third facility is in Japan and focuses on LCD display development. Corporate culture is different from academic culture.
Companies watch each other and do the same thing.
We accomplish this by living our coroporate values. For Dr. Nolan, it was important for him to stay with the technology, so he stayed on the technical track rather than jump onto the management track. We lead by technical innovation. We are committed to translating our expertise into goods and services, expanding the range of our scientific competence and linking our needs to the marketplace. You need to make money for the company.