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  <div align="center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2010</font></div>
  
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  <div align="center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
  Washington, D.C. 20549 <br>
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  <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">FORM S-8</font></font></div>
  
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  <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
  Under<br>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></font></div>
  
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  <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="4" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC PRODUCTS, INC.<br>
  </font></font><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </font></div>
  
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  <td nowrap width="49%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Delaware</font></td>
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  <td nowrap width="49%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></td>
  <td nowrap width="50%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(I.R.S. Employer</font></td>
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  <td nowrap width="49%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">incorporation or organization)</font></td>
  <td nowrap width="50%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Identification No.)</font></td>
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  <td nowrap width="49%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">275 Gibraltar Drive</font></td>
  <td nowrap width="50%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">94089</font></td>
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  <td nowrap width="49%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Sunnyvale, California</font></td>
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  <div align="center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </font></div>
  
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  <div align="center"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Full title of the plan)</font></div>
  
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  <div align="center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Peter C. Chang<br>
  </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
  Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.<br>
  </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">275 Gibraltar Drive<br>
  Sunnyvale, California<br>
  (Name and address agent for service)<br>
  (408) 736-6900<br>
  </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div>
  
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  <div align="center"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Copy to:<br>
  Gabriella Lombardi, Esq.<br>
  </font><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP<br>
  2475 Hanover Street<br>
  Palo Alto, CA 94304<br>
  (650) 233-4500</font></div>
  
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  <div align="left"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
  
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  <div align="left"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1) Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</font></div>
  
  <div align="left"><font size="1" style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2) Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on October 18, 2010. </font></div>
  
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  <td align="left" valign="top" width="95%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><font size="2" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Rights Agreement dated May 29, 2001, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-A (File No. 000-31857)).</font></td>
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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2010
  Registration No. 333-____
  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ___________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Under
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ____________________
  ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC PRODUCTS, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  77-0554122
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  275 Gibraltar Drive
  94089
  Sunnyvale, California
  (Zip Code)
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Peter C. Chang
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.
  275 Gibraltar Drive
  Sunnyvale, California
  (Name and address agent for service)
  (408) 736-6900
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copy to:
  Gabriella Lombardi, Esq.
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  2475 Hanover Street
  Palo Alto, CA 94304
  (650) 233-4500
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  *
  Accelerated filer
  *
  Non-accelerated filer
  *
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
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  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Title of Securities
  Amount To
  Maximum Offering
  Maximum Aggregate
  Amount of
  To Be Registered
  Be Registered
  (1)
  Price Per Share
  (2)
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.001par value
  84,894
  $9.24
  $784,421
  $56
  (1) Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
  (2) Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on October 18, 2010.
  ____________________
  The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
  INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT
  TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
  General Instruction E Information
  We are filing this Registration Statement for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement that we filed on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans is effective.
  The contents of our previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on November 29, 2000 (File No. 333-50926), February 2, 2001 (File No. 333-54864), October 13, 2004 (File No. 333-119711), March 29, 2005 (File No. 333-123648), March 29, 2006 (File No. 333-132801), March 29, 2007 (File No. 333-141656) and March 31, 2009 (File No. 333-158316) are hereby incorporated by reference, excluding reports that we filed with the Commission that we incorporated into these Form S-8 Registration Statements in order to maintain current information about us, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  (a)
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Commission on March 19, 2010.
  (b)
  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 filed with the Commission on May 12, 2010 and August 12, 2010, respectively.
  (c)
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 17, 2010, July 13, 2010, August 23, 2010 and October 6, 2010.
  (d)
  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on October 27, 2000, as amended on November 14, 2000 (File No. 000-31857).
  (e)
  The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on May 30, 2001, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all documents filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (excluding any portions thereof furnished by the Registrant, including but not limited to information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and any exhibits relating to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 furnished under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and any certification required by 18 U.S.C. § 1350), on or after the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
  Item 8: Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Rights Agreement dated May 29, 2001, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-A (File No. 000-31857)).
  5.1
  Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
  Item 9: Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  provided
  ,
  however
  , that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on October 20, 2010.
  ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC PRODUCTS, INC.
  By
  /s/ Peter C. Chang
  Peter C. Chang
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Peter C. Chang and Anita K. Ho, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Peter C. Chang
  President and Chief Executive
  October 19, 2010
  Peter C. Chang
  Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  and Chairman
  /s/ Anita K. Ho
  Acting Chief Financial Officer
  October 19, 2010
  Anita K. Ho
  (Principal Financial Accounting
  Officer)
  /s/ Richard Black
  Director
  October 19, 2010
  Richard Black
  /s/ Gwong-Yih Lee
  Director
  October 19, 2010
  Gwong-Yih Lee
  /s/ Ray Sun
  Director
  October 19, 2010
  Ray Sun
  /s/ James C. Yeh
  Director
  October 19, 2010
  James C. Yeh
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Rights Agreement dated May 29, 2001, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-A (File No. 0-31857)).
  5.1
  Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).