In March 2004, Bookham Technology (Nasdaq:BKHM), a provider of optical components, modules, and subsystems for fiber optic communication networks, completed the acquisition of New Focus. Previously called Focused Research, New Focus, Inc. develops and manufactures photonics and microwave solutions for both commercial and research applications. The Company's products include tunable lasers for test and measurement applications, high-speed radio-frequency (RF) amplifiers and advanced photonics tools. The Company's photonics tools products include instruments and tools used for sourcing, measuring, moving, manipulating, modulating and detecting optical signals in commercial and research applications across a wide variety of industries. The Company's tunable lasers are based on an external-cavity diode laser design and are used in telecommunications test and measurement instrumentation, biomedical applications, spectroscopic applications and research laboratories worldwide. The Company's RF amplifier products cover a wide range of frequencies, and are available with either standard or customized performance characteristics.
