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Past students lead major corporations.
Many have founded their own companies, or started new research groups at prestigious universities around the world. With optoelectronics one of the major industries of the future, ORC engineers and scientists are in great demand. As an ORC graduate student you will participate in a research programme with numerous important inventions to its credit - fibre amplifiers, fibre grating compensators, fibre lasers, diode pump schemes, new optoelectronic materials and optical switches are just some of the ORC developments helping to change the world. Today's telecom revolution depends on the optical components invented at the ORC and we are currently working on the next generation of fibre and waveguide devices. With a high level of industrial funding at the ORC, students have the chance to work with technologists from some of the world's top international companies.