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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted-average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares													$ 0.98
Fair value of options vested											$ 2,900	$ 7,100	$ 1,400
Intrinsic value of stock options exercised											20,600
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense											2,700			$ 2,700	$ 2,700
Compensation cost											162,405	77,684	$ 8,711
Optogration milestone awards											11,751
Optogration Milestone Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost														16,500
Contingent stock consideration				$ 22,000
Freedom Photonics
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost											7,600
Contingent stock consideration							$ 28,300
Solfice
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost											$ 400
Contingent stock consideration						$ 700
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized for issuance (in shares) \| shares								7,317,655					7,317,655
Percentage of purchase price of shares								85.00%
Length of offering period (in months)								6 months
Shares of common stock in each purchase period (in shares) \| shares								5,000
Weighted average purchase price (in shares) \| shares											168,147
Weighted average purchase price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares											$ 7.56
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition											7 months 17 days
Stock options \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)											1 year
Restricted Stock \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)										4 years
Granted (in shares) \| shares															0
Fair value of restricted stock vested											$ 700	1,000	$ 2,200
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock											$ 100			100	$ 100
Restricted Stock \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonemployee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares											23,213,889
Unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition											1 year 6 months 10 days
Fair value of restricted stock vested											$ 116,000	$ 32,800
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock											$ 277,700			277,700	277,700
Restricted Stock \| Tranche One \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)									1 year
Award vesting percentage										25.00%
Restricted Stock \| Tranche Two \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)										36 months
Award vesting percentage										75.00%
RSUs \| Chief Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares		500,000	10,800,000
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 6.12	$ 8.70
RSUs \| Chief Legal Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares		500,000
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 6.12
RSUs \| Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition											6 years 4 months 9 days
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock											$ 85,300			85,300	85,300
Compensation cost											$ 14,700
Consecutive trading days \| trading_day											90
Service period (in years)											7 years
RSUs \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)											6 years
Number of shares issued for each vested RSU (in shares) \| shares											1
RSUs \| Market One Member \| Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSU vesting, market condition, stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares											$ 50
RSUs \| Market Two Member \| Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSU vesting, market condition, stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares											60
RSUs \| Market Three Member \| Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSU vesting, market condition, stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares											$ 70
Class A Common Stock \| Optogration Milestone Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Optogration milestone awards (in shares) \| shares					1,632,056
Optogration milestone awards					$ 11,000
Optogration milestone awards, remaining obligations											$ 11,000			$ 11,000	$ 11,000
Class A Common Stock \| ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of pre-tax earnings								15.00%
2020 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized for issuance (in shares) \| shares											36,588,278			36,588,278	36,588,278
2020 Plan \| Equity settled fixed value \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)											4 years
Compensation cost											$ 7,600
2020 Plan \| Equity settled fixed value \| Tranche One \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage											25.00%
2020 Plan \| Equity settled fixed value \| Tranche Two \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage											25.00%
2020 Plan \| Equity settled fixed value \| Tranche Three \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage											25.00%
2020 Plan \| Equity settled fixed value \| Tranche Four \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage											25.00%
Amended 2020 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional shares authorized for issuance (in shares) \| shares						36,000,000
Percentage of outstanding stock maximum						5.00%
Incremental number of shares authorized (in shares) \| shares						40,000,000
Amended 2020 Plan \| Class A Common Stock \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional shares authorized for issuance (in shares) \| shares	18,358,365
2015 Plan \| Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)											4 years
Award expiration period (in years)											10 years
Granted (in shares) \| shares											0	0
2015 Plan \| Stock options \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage											25.00%
2015 Plan \| Stock options \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years and in months)											36 months
Award vesting percentage											75.00%