Bookham, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer, and provider of optical solutions. The company designs, manufactures and markets optical components, modules and subsystems used in a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, data communications, aerospace, industrial, consumer optics, semiconductor, sensing, scientific and defense.

Founded in 1988, the company is based in San Jose, California and has development and manufacturing facilities in the UK, USA, Canada, China, and Switzerland.

Bookham boasts two facilities in the United Kingdom, two in the United States, one in Canada, and a 250,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China.