Request InfoNewport - New FocusSANTA ROSA, Calif., Aug. 12 -- Bookham Technology plc, a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, has launched a new class of high-channel-count, scalable mulitplexer/demultiplexer products based on thin-film filter (TFF) technology for telecommunications applications. Bookham said the modules ara low-entry-cost solution with full expandability of up to 40 channels in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks. The same module can be used in both multiplexing/demultiplexing and in reconfigurable optical add/drop (ROADM) applications. 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