Fiber Optic Sensors : Market Research Report

Fiber Optic Sensors

Published by: BCC Research

Published: Oct. 1, 2008 - 132 Pages

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION: STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES; REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY; INTENDED AUDIENCE; SCOPE OF REPORT; INFORMATION SOURCES; ANALYST CREDENTIALS; RELATED REPORTS; BCC ONLINE SERVICES; DISCLAIMER
CHAPTER TWO: SUMMARY: SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSORS, BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS); SUMMARY FIGURE U.S. MARKET FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSORS, BY TYPE, 2007�C2014 ($ MILLIONS); CHAPTER THREE: OVERVIEW; INDUSTRY DEFINITION; IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY; CONCEPTS IN THE INDUSTRY; Consolidation; Vertical Integration; Long Development Lifetime; HISTORY; FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS DRIVES DEVELOPMENT; DEFENSE APPLICATIONS SPUR RESEARCH; EXTENDING DRILLERS REACH; SURGICAL MINIATURIZATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; BIOMEDICAL; PETROCHEMICAL; FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; EXISTING MARKETS; Petrochemical; Medical; IAS002D ©� Fiber Optic Sensors Security; Military/Aerospace; Structural; Industrial; NEW MARKETS; Infrastructural Monitoring; Lighting; Lighting (Continued)
CHAPTER FOUR: TECHNOLOGY: TYPES OF SENSORS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTIC GYRO; FIBER BRAGG GRATING; Fiber Bragg Grating (Continued); Long Period Grating; BROUILLON/RAMAN; COATED FIBER SENSORS; ADVANTAGE OF FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; NO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; SMALL SENSING ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RUGGEDNESS; MULTIPLEXING OF SIGNALS; SECURITY; DISADVANTAGES OF FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; WEIGHT CONSIDERATIONS; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENT PORTFOLIOS OF MAJOR COMPANIES; Oil and Gas; Military; Medical; Other; PATENTS BY COUNTRY; IAS002D ©� Fiber Optic Sensors PATENTS BY YEAR OF ISSUANCE; PATENTS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE
CHAPTER FIVE: MARKETS BY SENSOR TYPE: FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS; Prices; Pricing Trends; Growth Drivers and Inhibitors; Defense; Industrial; Structural; FABRY-PEROT SENSORS; Medical; Structural; Industrial; FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE (FOG); OTHER TYPES OF SENSORS
CHAPTER SIX: MARKETS BY APPLICATION: THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS); OIL AND GAS; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; Passive Seismic; Horizontal Drilling; Smart Reservoirs; Pipelines; Population Shift; Risk of Terrorism; Fears of Leakage; GROWTH DRIVERS; Continued Consumption in Developed Nations; Economic Growth in Developing Nations; Hydrocarbons Still Dominate; GROWTH INHIBITORS; Slow Down in Drillings; SENSOR TYPES; MEDICAL; IN VIVO SENSING; A Number of FOS Designed for In Vivo; GROWTH DRIVERS; Less Invasive Treatment; Precision Treatment; GROWTH INHIBITORS; Need for Selectivity; Slow Adoption Curve; Regulatory Delays; Alternative Technologies; Cost of Technology; SENSOR TYPES; SECURITY; GROWTH DRIVERS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; SENSOR TYPES; DEFENSE/AEROSPACE; GROWTH DRIVERS; Potential New Deployments; GROWTH INHIBITORS; SENSOR TYPES; STRUCTURAL; GROWTH DRIVERS; Bridges; Tunnels; Power Grid; Pipelines; Wind Turbines; Market Forecast; 2014 ($MILLIONS); GROWTH INHIBITORS; Worldwide Economy; Competing Technologies; Institutional Barriers; SENSOR TYPES; INDUSTRIAL; GROWTH DRIVERS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; SENSOR TYPES
CHAPTER SEVEN: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: DRIVING FORCES; STRATEGIES FOR STAYING COMPETITIVE; Form Joint Ventures; Lower Processing Costs; IMPORTANT SHIFTS; LARGER COMPANIES DOMINATE; VENTURE CAPITAL UNINTERESTED; ATTRIBUTES LIMITS PENETRATION; COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES; MARKET SEGMENTATION; CHAPTER EIGHT: INTERNATIONAL MARKET CONSIDERATIONS; AMERICAS; DEFENSE; OIL AND GAS; SECURITY; EUROPE; OIL AND GAS; ASIA; CHINA; Infrastructure Investment; REST OF WORLD; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; LEADING FOREIGN SUPPLIERS; EUROPE; ASIA
CHAPTER NINE: COMPANY PROFILES: REGIONAL SURVEY; AITHER; AVANTES BV; Avantes U.S.A; Avantes China; AVENSYS; BAKER HUGHES; BAUMER ELECTRIC AG; COMPUDYNE; CONTRINEX SA; DAVIDSON INSTRUMENTS; DATASCOPE; DICON FIBEROPTICS; Global Fiberoptics Inc; ENDOSENSE SA; FIBERPRO; FIBERSENSING; FORTEBIO; FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. (FOX-TEK); HALLIBURTON; WELL DYNAMICS; HALMA GROUP; Labsphere; Ocean Optics; HITACHI CABLE, LTD; HONEYWELL SENSING AND CONTROL; INTELLIGENT FIBER OPTICS SYSTEMS (IFOS); INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS; KEYENCE; KVH TECHNOLOGIES; LASERSCOPE, INC; LIOS TECHNOLOGY; LUMASENSE; LUNA INNOVATIONS; LXSIX; MICRON OPTICS; NELLCOR; NEOPTIX; NONIN MEDICAL; NORTHROP GRUMMAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMS DIVISION; NXTPHASE R&D; O/E LAND; OMRON; OPSENS; OPTELLIOS; OZ OPTICS; PHOTONICS LABORATORIES; PRIME PHOTONICS; ROCTEST GROUP; FISO Technologies Subsidiary; Smartec SA Subsidiary; SABEUS SENSOR SYSTEMS; SAMBA SENSOR SYSTEMS; SCHLUMBERGER; SENSORET LTD; SENSORTRAN; SENSOTEC GMBH; SENTEC CORPORATION; SHANGHAI LANBAO SENSOR CO, LTD; SILICANN TECHNOLOGIES; SMARTER SECURITY SYSTEM; TECHNO-SCIENCES; WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD; WENZHOU STORD ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC; ZIEBEL AS; Ziebel AS (Continued)
APPENDIX: KEY PATENTS; SUN OIL COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA; Fiber Optic Liquid Level Sensor; Abstract; XEROX CORPORATION; Differential Fiber Optic Sensing Method And Apparatus for Ink Jet Recorders; Abstract; ANDREW CORPORATION; Optical-Fiber Directional Coupler Using Boron Oxide as Interstitial Material; Abstract; UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; Phase Modulator for Fiber-Optic Sensors; Abstract; Distributed, Spatially Resolving Optical Fiber Strain Gauge; Abstract; Distributed Multiplexed Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Arrangement; Abstract; Using an Optical Fiber Grating Sensor; Abstract; HITACHI CABLE, LTD.; HITACHI, LIMITED; Fiber-Optic Gyroscope Having Angular Velocity Correction; Abstract; SENTEC CORPORATION; Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor; Abstract; Fiber Optic Pressure Catheter; Abstract; LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC; Optical Sensor Arrangement; Abstract; Fiber-Optic Apparatus and Method for Making Simultaneous Multiple Parameter Measurements; Abstract; KVH, INC.; Apparatus And Method for Electronic RIN Reduction in Fiber-Optic Sensors; Abstract; Current Sensor; Abstract; THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY; Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Solution Anion Sensor; Abstract; LITTON CORPORATION; Passive Sampling Interferometric Sensor Arrays; Abstract; Dual Fiber Optic Gyroscope; Abstract; Long Distance, All-Optical Telemetry for Fiber Optic Sensor Using Remote Optically Pumped Edfas; Abstract; Multichannel Interferometer with Phase Generated Carrier Demodulation and Quadrature Error Correction; Abstract; SCHLUMBERGER; Vortex Flowmeter Transducer; Abstract; Multiple Mode Pre-Loadable Fiber Optic Pressure and Temperature Sensor; Abstract

Abstract

This BCC study analyzes the status of global markets for fiber optic sensors. Fiber optic sensors (FOSs) began as a by-product of optical fiber research and development. The first sensors were designed to measure the performance and status of an optical network. Optical networks transmit voice and data across the U.S. and around the world. The networks require constant monitoring to ensure signal transmission along the fibers in the network.

Faults or flaws along the length of the fiber affected the characteristic of the transmitted signal in measurable ways. Differences in temperature, strain, and pressure can be measured over long distances. The ability to multiplex a large number of wavelengths along a single fiber offers a means to gather a large amount of data from a single fiber. With the ability to operate in harsh environments and imperviousness to electromagnetic interference, FOSs can be applied in conditions in which electronic sensors fail. The cost of FOS technology remains higher than electronic sensors, thus FOSs have penetrated only where the unique advantages of FOSs justify the higher expense, or in which they are the only option for the conditions.

This report considers market conditions and opportunities in regional areas around the globe. The report also considers the potential new applications that will emerge in the next 5 years. The slowing of the telecom sector has led to attempts to leverage the optical fiber sensor technology developed for one application into new applications. Optical fiber sensors measure temperature; pressure, humidity, acceleration, and strain, and can operate in harsh conditions. This report considers the different types of sensor, what they can measure, and where they are used.

In addition to telecom applications, optical fiber sensors are used in oil and gas services, medicine, defense, and aerospace applications. Fiber optic sensors represent a disruptive technology within the oil and gas market, as they opened an entire new revenue stream for service providers.

Although familiarity with fiber sensor technology has increased and sensor prices have decreased, fiber sensors still find most application in areas where electronic sensors cannot compete. In cases in which fiber optic sensors attempt to replace existing electronic technology that meets the defined need adequately and for lower cost, the electronic option still dominates. Cost and unfamiliarity remain the primary barriers to fiber optic sensor growth into new applications. This report provides a standard 5-year planning cycle and revenue estimates through 2014. It defines product segments for optical coating technology categories, analyzes technology options, and determines current application markets as well as likely future opportunities.

Additionally, this report defines and graphically analyzes these fiber optic sensor markets from many perspectives, categorizes and profiles the companies involved, defines unique nomenclature, and details policy organizations, conferences, authors, and consortiums.

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