Bookham, Inc. (BKHM) Rolls Out 40Gb/s Modulator Chip; On Display at OFC/NFOEC Next Week
Bookham, Inc. (BKHM) Rolls Out 40Gb/s Modulator Chip; On Display at OFC/NFOEC Next Week Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM) designs, manufactures and markets optical components, modules and subsystems to separate light signals for use in fiber optics telecommunications networks. The company recently announced its development and demonstration of an ultra small, 5mm 40Gb/s Optical Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (ODQPSK) modulator chip. According to the press release, the chip will be implemented through Mach Zehnder (InP MZ) proprietary indium phosphide technology in collaboration with Bookhams tunable laser for use in the 40Gb/s market. Combining The Bookham InP TL5000 Wideband Tunable iTLA…