Fiber Optic Sensors

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Chapter-1: SUMMARY 2

• SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSORS, BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 5
• SUMMARY FIGURE U.S. MARKET FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSORS, BY TYPE, 2007 - 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 6

Chapter-2: OVERVIEW 10

• INDUSTRY DEFINITION 7
• IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
• CONCEPTS IN THE INDUSTRY 8
• Consolidation 8
• Vertical Integration 8
• Long Development Lifetime 9
• HISTORY 9
• TABLE 1 BRIEF HISTORY OF FIBER OPTIC SENSORS 10
• FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES 10
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS DRIVES DEVELOPMENT 10
• DEFENSE APPLICATIONS SPUR RESEARCH 11
• EXTENDING DRILLERS REACH 11
• SURGICAL MINIATURIZATION 12
• GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS 12
• BIOMEDICAL 12
• PETROCHEMICAL 12
• FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 13
• EXISTING MARKETS 13
• TABLE 2 EXISTING MARKETS FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSORS 13
• Petrochemical 13
• Medical 14
• Security 14
• Military/Aerospace 14
• Structural 14
• Industrial 15
• NEW MARKETS 15
• Infrastructural Monitoring 15
• Lighting 15
• Lighting (Continued) 16

Chapter-3: TECHNOLOGY 13

• TYPES OF SENSORS 17
• TABLE 3 TYPES OF SENSORS COVERED IN THIS REPORT 17
• FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS 17
• FIBER OPTIC GYRO 18
• FIBER BRAGG GRATING 18
• Fiber Bragg Grating (Continued) 19
• Long Period Grating 20
• BROUILLON/RAMAN 20
• COATED FIBER SENSORS 21
• ADVANTAGE OF FIBER OPTIC SENSORS 21
• TABLE 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF FOS 21
• NO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE 21
• SMALL SENSING ELEMENTS 22
• ENVIRONMENTAL RUGGEDNESS 22
• MULTIPLEXING OF SIGNALS 22
• SECURITY 22
• DISADVANTAGES OF FIBER OPTIC SENSORS 22
• TABLE 5 DISADVANTAGES OF FOS 23
• WEIGHT CONSIDERATIONS 23
• COST 23
• ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY 24
• PATENT ANALYSIS 24
• PATENT PORTFOLIOS OF MAJOR COMPANIES 24
• TABLE 6 PATENTS GRANTED TO MAJOR COMPANIES (PATENTS ISSUED BETWEEN 1976 AND JUNE 2008) 25
• Oil and Gas 25
• Military 26
• Medical 26
• Other 27
• PATENTS BY COUNTRY 27
• TABLE 7 PATENTS BY COUNTRY (PATENTS ISSUED BETWEEN 1976 TO JUNE 2008) 27
• PATENTS BY YEAR OF ISSUANCE 28
• TABLE 8 FOS RELATED PATENTS ISSUED BY YEAR (NUMBER THROUGH JUNE 2008) 28
• FIGURE 1 FOS RELATED PATENTS ISSUED BY YEAR (THROUGH JUNE 2008) 29
• PATENTS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE 29
• TABLE 9 PATENTS BY PRODUCT TYPE (THROUGH JUNE 2008) 29

Chapter-4: MARKETS BY SENSOR TYPE 12

• FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS 30
• Prices 30
• Pricing Trends 31
• TABLE 10 GLOBAL VALUE OF FOS MARKET BY PRODUCT, THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 32
• FIGURE 2 TOTAL GLOBAL VALUE OF FOS MARKET BY PRODUCTS, 2007-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 32
• FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) SENSORS 32
• FIGURE 3 GLOBAL VALUE OF FBG SENSORS, 2007-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 33
• Growth Drivers and Inhibitors 34
• TABLE 11 MARKET FOR FBG SENSORS, 34
• Oil and Gas Services 34
• Defense 34
• Industrial 35
• Structural 35
• FABRY-PEROT SENSORS 35
• TABLE 12 APPLICATION MARKETS FOR FABRY-PEROT FIBER SENSORS 36
• Medical 36
• Structural 36
• Industrial 36
• FIGURE 4 TOTAL GLOBAL VALUE OF FABRY-PEROT SENSORS, 2007-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 37
• FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE (FOG) 37
• FIGURE 5 TOTAL GLOBAL VALUE OF FOG SENSORS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 38
• OTHER TYPES OF SENSORS 39
• FIGURE 6 TOTAL GLOBAL VALUE OF OTHER FIBER OPTIC SENSORS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 40
• Other types of sensors (continued) 41

Chapter-5: MARKETS BY APPLICATION 29

• TABLE 13 GLOBAL VALUE OF FOS MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 42
• TABLE 13 (CONTINUED) 43
• OIL AND GAS 43
• DISTRIBUTED SENSING 43
• Passive Seismic 43
• Horizontal Drilling 43
• Smart Reservoirs 44
• Pipelines 45
• Population Shift 45
• Risk of Terrorism 45
• Fears of Leakage 46
• FIGURE 7 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR FOS USED IN OIL AND GAS SERVICES; THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 46
• GROWTH DRIVERS 47
• Continued Consumption in Developed Nations 47
• Economic Growth in Developing Nations 47
• Hydrocarbons Still Dominate 48
• GROWTH INHIBITORS 48
• Slow Down in Drillings 48
• SENSOR TYPES 48
• TABLE 14 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR FBG IN OIL AND GAS SERVICES THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 49
• MEDICAL 49
• IN VIVO SENSING 50
• A Number of FOS Designed for In Vivo 50
• GROWTH DRIVERS 51
• Less Invasive Treatment 51
• Precision Treatment 51
• GROWTH INHIBITORS 51
• Need for Selectivity 52
• Slow Adoption Curve 52
• Regulatory Delays 52
• Alternative Technologies 53
• Cost of Technology 53
• FIGURE 8 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MEDICAL, 2007-2014 ($MILLIONS) 54
• SENSOR TYPES 54
• TABLE 15 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MEDICAL BY SENSOR TYPE THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 55
• SECURITY 56
• FIGURE 9 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR SECURITY APPLICATIONS, 2007-2014 ($MILLIONS) 57
• GROWTH DRIVERS 57
• GROWTH INHIBITORS 57
• SENSOR TYPES 58
• TABLE 16 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR SECURITY BY SENSOR TYPE THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 58
• DEFENSE/AEROSPACE 59
• FIGURE 10 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR DEFENSE/AEROSPACE, 2007-2014 ($MILLIONS) 59
• GROWTH DRIVERS 59
• Potential New Deployments 60
• GROWTH INHIBITORS 61
• SENSOR TYPES 61
• TABLE 17 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR DEFENSE/AEROSPACE BY SENSOR TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 62
• STRUCTURAL 62
• GROWTH DRIVERS 63
• Bridges 63
• Tunnels 64
• Power Grid 64
• Pipelines 64
• Wind Turbines 65
• Market Forecast 65
• FIGURE 11 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR STRUCTURAL, 2007-2014 ($MILLIONS) 66
• GROWTH INHIBITORS 66
• Worldwide Economy 66
• Competing Technologies 67
• Institutional Barriers 67
• SENSOR TYPES 67
• TABLE 18 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR STRUCTURAL, THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 67
• INDUSTRIAL 68
• FIGURE 12 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR INDUSTRIAL, THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 69
• GROWTH DRIVERS 69
• GROWTH INHIBITORS 69
• SENSOR TYPES 70
• TABLE 19 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR INDUSTRIAL, THROUGH 2014 ($MILLIONS) 70

Chapter-6: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 4

• DRIVING FORCES 71
• STRATEGIES FOR STAYING COMPETITIVE 71
• Form Joint Ventures 71
• Lower Processing Costs 72
• IMPORTANT SHIFTS 72
• LARGER COMPANIES DOMINATE 72
• VENTURE CAPITAL UNINTERESTED 72
• ATTRIBUTES LIMITS PENETRATION 73
• COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES 73
• MARKET SEGMENTATION 74

Chapter-7: INTERNATIONAL MARKET CONSIDERATIONS 5

• TABLE 20 FORECAST MARKET VALUE BY REGION, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 75
• AMERICAS 75
• DEFENSE 75
• OIL AND GAS 76
• SECURITY 76
• EUROPE 77
• OIL AND GAS 77
• ASIA 77
• CHINA 78
• Infrastructure Investment 78
• REST OF WORLD 79
• FOREIGN INVESTMENT 79
• LEADING FOREIGN SUPPLIERS 79
• EUROPE 79
• ASIA 79

Chapter-8: COMPANY PROFILES 27

• REGIONAL SURVEY 80
• TABLE 21 SUPPLIERS BY REGION 80
• TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 81
• TABLE 22 MARKET SHARE OF COMPANIES INVOLVED IN FOS, 2008 ($ MILLION, %) 81
• AITHER 81
• AVANTES BV 82
• Avantes U.S.A 82
• Avantes China 82
• AVENSYS 83
• BAKER HUGHES 83
• BAUMER ELECTRIC AG 84
• COMPUDYNE 84
• CONTRINEX SA 85
• DAVIDSON INSTRUMENTS 85
• DATASCOPE 85
• DICON FIBEROPTICS 86
• Global Fiberoptics Inc. 86
• ENDOSENSE SA 86
• FIBERPRO 87
• FIBERSENSING 87
• FORTEBIO 87
• FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. (FOX-TEK) 88
• HALLIBURTON 88
• WELL DYNAMICS 89
• HALMA GROUP 89
• Labsphere 89
• Ocean Optics 90
• HITACHI CABLE, LTD 90
• HONEYWELL SENSING AND CONTROL 90
• INTELLIGENT FIBER OPTICS SYSTEMS (IFOS) 91
• INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS 91
• KEYENCE 91
• KVH TECHNOLOGIES 92
• LASERSCOPE, INC. 92
• LIOS TECHNOLOGY 93
• LUMASENSE 93
• LUNA INNOVATIONS 93
• LXSIX 94
• MICRON OPTICS 94
• NELLCOR 95
• NEOPTIX 95
• NONIN MEDICAL 95
• NORTHROP GRUMMAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMS DIVISION 96
• NXTPHASE R&D 96
• O/E LAND 97
• OMRON 97
• OPSENS 98
• OPTELLIOS 98
• OZ OPTICS 99
• PHOTONICS LABORATORIES 99
• PRIME PHOTONICS 99
• ROCTEST GROUP 100
• FISO Technologies Subsidiary 100
• Smartec SA Subsidiary 100
• SABEUS SENSOR SYSTEMS 101
• SAMBA SENSOR SYSTEMS 101
• SCHLUMBERGER 101
• SENSORET LTD 102
• SENSORTRAN 102
• SENSOTEC GMBH 102
• SENTEC CORPORATION 103
• SHANGHAI LANBAO SENSOR CO, LTD 103
• SILICANN TECHNOLOGIES 103
• SMARTER SECURITY SYSTEM 104
• TECHNO-SCIENCES 104
• WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD 104
• WENZHOU STORD ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 105
• YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC 105
• ZIEBEL AS 105
• Ziebel AS (Continued) 106

Chapter-9: APPENDIX 12

• KEY PATENTS 107
• SUN OIL COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA 107
• Fiber Optic Liquid Level Sensor 107
• Abstract 107
• XEROX CORPORATION 107
• Differential Fiber Optic Sensing Method And Apparatus for Ink Jet Recorders 107
• Abstract 107
• ANDREW CORPORATION 108
• Optical-Fiber Directional Coupler Using Boron Oxide as Interstitial Material 108
• Abstract 108
• UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 109
• Phase Modulator for Fiber-Optic Sensors 109
• Abstract 109
• Distributed, Spatially Resolving Optical Fiber Strain Gauge 109
• Abstract 109
• Distributed Multiplexed Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Arrangement 110
• Abstract 110
• Composite Structure Resin Cure Monitoring Apparatus Using an Optical Fiber Grating Sensor 110
• Abstract 110
• HITACHI CABLE, LTD.; HITACHI, LIMITED 111
• Fiber-Optic Gyroscope Having Angular Velocity Correction 111
• Abstract 111
• SENTEC CORPORATION 111
• Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor 112
• Abstract 112
• Fiber Optic Pressure Catheter 112
• Abstract 112
• LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC. 113
• Optical Sensor Arrangement 113
• Abstract 113
• Fiber-Optic Apparatus and Method for Making Simultaneous Multiple Parameter Measurements 113
• Abstract 113
• KVH, INC. 114
• Apparatus And Method for Electronic RIN Reduction in Fiber-Optic Sensors 114
• Abstract 114
• Current Sensor 114
• Abstract 114
• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 115
• Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Solution Anion Sensor 115
• Abstract 115
• LITTON CORPORATION 115
• Passive Sampling Interferometric Sensor Arrays 115
• Abstract 116
• Dual Fiber Optic Gyroscope 116
• Abstract 116
• Long Distance, All-Optical Telemetry for Fiber Optic Sensor Using Remote Optically Pumped Edfas 116
• Abstract 116
• Multichannel Interferometer with Phase Generated Carrier Demodulation and Quadrature Error Correction 117
• Abstract 117
• SCHLUMBERGER 117
• Vortex Flowmeter Transducer 117
• Abstract 117
• Multiple Mode Pre-Loadable Fiber Optic Pressure and Temperature Sensor 118