San Jose, Calif. – July 17, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM) today announced that it has begun supply of its TL8000 full-band tunable pluggable transceiver to Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist. Ciena plans to use this 10Gb/s module across its high-end switching and transmission systems including its CoreDirector® Multiservice Switch, CoreStream® Agility Optical Transport System [...]

San Jose, Calif., – February 27, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM), today announced the launch of a fully qualified high power multimode pump module offering up to 6W power. The pump module, designed to provide the power and reliability required for pumping next generation amplifiers in cable and FTTx networks, offers a 50% power [...]

San Jose, Calif., – February 25, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM), will showcase its first full band tunable pluggable transceiver and outline the company’s roadmap of tunable pluggable products, to include the XFP-E format, on the Bookham booth (#1334) at OFC 2008, taking place this week in San Diego.
The 10Gb/s high end LambdaFLEX™ TL8000 module [...]

San Jose, Calif., – February 21, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM), has announced that it has developed and demonstrated an ultra small, 5mm 40Gb/s Optical Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (ODQPSK) modulator chip, implemented through proprietary indium phosphide Mach Zehnder (InP MZ) technology. Bookham will combine this functionality with its highly successful tunable laser [...]

Reduced footprint transponder enables increased port density and direct drop-in LFF replacement with equal performance and proven reliability
San Jose, Calif., – February 19, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), today announced what is believed to be the industry’s first fully Telcordia qualified tunable small form factor transponder (TSFF). A new zero chirp variant of the [...]

20 billion field hours achieved since introduction of technology in 1995
San Jose, CA – February 15, 2008, Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), has today announced the shipment of its 500,000th 980nm pump laser module to the telecoms industry. The milestone firmly establishes Bookham as one of the leaders in this market, with over 20 billion [...]

San Jose, Calif., – February 11, 2008 – Bookham Inc., (Nasdaq: BKHM), a leading provider of high performance optical components, modules and subsystems, today announced the appointment of 20-year telecommunications industry veteran Yves LeMaitre as vice president of global sales for Bookham’s telecommunications division and vice president of corporate marketing. Mr. LeMaitre, who [...]

Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), a leading manufacturer of optical components for industrial applications, today announced that Laserline has selected its Very High Brightness (VHB) bar to support their high brightness direct diode laser systems.
Volker Krause, Managing Director and Cofounder of Laserline, a leading manufacturer of direct diode laser systems for industrial material processing, said, “Based [...]

Proven filter technology to underpin compact LED multiplexing module
Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM), a leading provider of optical components for industrial applications, is to enter the biomedical market with its ZoroLight™ LED multiplexing technology. The compact LED combining module, which utilizes proprietary Bookham filter technology, is designed for bio-analytical applications and medical instrumentation. [...]

New laser diode bar to offer more than 60W power output at increased efficiency and brightness for pumping and fiber coupled applications
Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), a leading manufacturer of optical components for industrial applications, today announced the launch of its next generation 808nm multi-mode high power laser diode bar portfolio, with the fully qualified [...]