Bookham New Focus Wins Photonics Circle Of Excellence Award

San Jose, CA -- New Focus™, a division of Bookham, Inc., announced today that its TLM-8700 tunable laser module has been awarded the Photonics Spectra 2005 Circle of Excellence Award. This award is given annually to the industry's top 25 technically most innovative products and is bestowed in recognition of excellence, innovation, and achievement.

"We are very proud of our accomplishments with the TLM-8700 which is a testament to our extensive experience in best-of-breed tunable lasers and our continued investment in innovative, quality products and technologies to address critical industry problems," said Scott Dunbar, General Manager, Bookham New Focus.

The TLM-8700 is a high performance tunable laser packaged into a compact and robust cPCI/PXI module, which can be readily integrated into OEM instruments for spectroscopy, life science, and telecommunications test and measurement applications. The TLM-8700 is part of the Bookham New Focus family of industry-leading, innovative tunable laser test and measurement products. As with other Bookham New Focus tunable lasers, the TLM-8700 provides best-in-class low-noise performance with mode-hop-free tuning and exceptional side-mode suppression.

Bookham New Focus received the award at the Photonics West conference in San Jose, California on January 24, 2005. Bookham New Focus has won over 20 industry awards for innovation and quality.

Source: Bookham