Business acquisition equity interest issued or issuable for each share of acquired entity.

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Percentage of outstanding bearer shares.

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Percentage of voting interest required for approval of agreement.

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Summary of significant accounting policy.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares			9 Months Ended
	Jul. 15, 2022	Aug. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Oct. 18, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common stock, shares outstanding			77,619,000		49,063,000
Issuance of shares of common stock	28,000,000.0	27,994,595
Subsequent Event [Member] \| DPLTA [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Percentage of required voting interest				75.00%
Acorn HoldCo, Inc., [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Business combination date of agreement		Aug. 30, 2021
Number of shares issuable for each share of acquired entity	100,000
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01
Common stock, shares outstanding	34,000,000.0		33,957,538
Percentage of outstanding bearer shares	65.43%		65.35%
Acorn HoldCo, Inc., [Member] \| ADVA Optical Networking SE [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Number of shares issuable for each share of acquired entity		0.8244