Solid-State, Fiber,Gas and Dye Lasers

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

• Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
• Disclaimers
• Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
• Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
• Product Definitions and Scope of Study
• Solid-State Lasers
• Fiber Lasers
• Gas Lasers
• Dye Lasers
• End-Use
• Industrial Material Processing
• Medical Applications
• Instrumentation
• Research and Development
• Others

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Industry Overview

• Laser Industry - A Glimpse
• Global Market Analysis
• Table 1: Worldwide Solid-state, Fiber, Gas, and Dye Lasers Market (2008): Percentage Share Breakdown by Segment - Solid-State Lasers (Lamp-pumped, Diode-pumped, and Laser-pumped), Fiber Lasers, Gas Lasers (CO2 Flowing Lasers, and CO2 Sealed Lasers, Excimer Lasers, Other Lasers) and Dye Lasers (Value and Volume) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Europe Dominates, Asia Grows Fastest
• Table 2: Worldwide Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market (2009 & 2015): Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Industrial Applications Dominate
• Table 3: Worldwide Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market (2009 & 2015): Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales by End-use - Industrial Material Processing, Medical Applications, Instrumentation, Research & Development and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Solid-State and Advanced Lasers Eat into the Share of Gas Lasers
• Laser Industry Feels the Heat of Global Financial Crisis
• Industrial Applications
• Lasers in Research and Development
• Biomedical Market for Lasers, Set to Fall
• Instrumentation Sector
• Competitive Scenario

2. Trends & Issues

• Pricing Pressures Affect Revenue Growth in Laser Market
• Innovation - Creating New Dimension
• Photovoltaic (PV) and Lasers
• Disk Lasers
• Ultrafast Lasers - Witnessing Rapid Growth
• Players cash in on Fiber Lasers' Success
• Consolidation Wave Spreads In
• Recent M&A Activity in the Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Market
• Will Fiber Lasers Replace Traditional Lasers - The Debate Continues
• Technology Advancements Create New Avenues in Medical Sector

3. Competition

• Major Players in Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers
• Global Leaders and their Product Portfolio
• Table 4: Leading Players in Global Laser Industry (2007): Sales Revenues for Trumpf, JDS Uniphase, Coherent, Rofin-Sinar, Newport, GSI Group, IPG Photonics, and Excel Technology (in US$ Million) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 5: Worldwide Fiber Laser Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown for Leading Players - IPG Photonics, SPI Lasers, and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4. Lasers - A Primer

• Ordinary Light Vs. Laser Light
• Primary Components of a Laser Device
• Laser Medium/Material
• Excitation Mechanism/Pump Source
• Feeding Mechanism
• Cooling System
• Microprocessor

5. Market Segmentation

• Solid-State Lasers
• Applications
• Segmentation
• Select Solid-state Lasers and their Output Wavelength
• Table 6: Worldwide Solid-State Lasers Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Sales Revenues by End-Use - Industrial Material Processing, Medical Application, Instrumentation, R & D and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Nd: YAG Lasers
• Holmium Lasers
• Yb: YAG Lasers
• Fiber Lasers
• Fiber Lasers - The Fastest Growing Laser Technology
• Fiber Lasers Vis-a-vis Other Laser Technologies
• Market Numbers
• Competition
• Entry of Select Players in Fiber Lasers Market
• Key Advantages
• End-use Markets
• Table 7: Worldwide Fiber Lasers Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Sales Revenues by End-Use- Industrial Material Processing, R&D, Medical and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Gas Lasers
• Select Types of Gas Lasers and Their Wavelength
• Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Lasers
• Applications and Output Power
• Table 8: Worldwide CO2 Lasers Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Sales Revenues by End-Use- Industrial Material Processing, Medical, and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• CO2 Laser Types
• Table 9: Worldwide CO2 Lasers Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Sales Revenues by Technology - CO2 Flowing Lasers and CO2 Sealed Lasers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• CO2 Flowing Lasers
• Sealed CO2 Laser
• Market Numbers and Participants
• Excimer Lasers
• Select Excimer Lasers and Emission Wavelength
• History
• Applications
• Table 10: Worldwide Excimer Lasers Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Sales Revenues by End-Use- Industrial Material Processing, Medical Therapeutics and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• TEA Gas Laser
• HeNe Lasers
• Ion-Lasers
• Dye Lasers

6. End-Use Industries

• An Insight into Select End-Use Applications
• Industrial Material Processing
• Select Industrial Laser Applications Replacing Conventional Solutions
• Europe Leads Industrial Lasers Market
• Table 11: Worldwide Industrial Material Processing Lasers Market (2006 & 2007): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Production by Region - Europe, North America and Asia (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 12: Worldwide Industrial Material Processing Lasers Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Production by Region - North America, Europe and Asia and By Type - CO2 Lasers, Solid-State Lasers, Fiber Lasers and Other Lasers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 13: Worldwide Industrial Material Processing Lasers Market (2006): Percentage Breakdown of Value Production by Region - North America, Europe and Asia and Type - CO2 Lasers, Solid-State Lasers, Fiber Lasers and Other Lasers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 14: Worldwide Installation of Industrial Material Processing Lasers (2007): Percentage Breakdown by Region - Europe, North America, Japan, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World - (In Terms of Volume) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 15: Worldwide Installation of Industrial Material Processing Laser Systems (2006): Percentage Breakdown by End-Use Segment - Marking, Cutting, Engraving, Microprocessing, Welding, Drilling, and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Application Areas
• What' s Ahead
• Cutting and Welding
• Metal Cutting
• Table 16: Worldwide Laser Cutting Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown by Region - Europe, Japan, North America, China, and Rest of World (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Welding
• Marking and Engraving
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Medical Applications
• Lasers Revolutionize Aesthetic Medicine
• Instrumentation
• Research and Development
• Others

7. Recent Industry Activity

• GSI Acquires Excel Technology
• Trumpf Acquires SPI Lasers
• Rofin-Sinar Announces Acquisition of Stake in Nanjing Eastern
• Gerber Scientific to Acquire Virtek Vision
• ATON Acquires LUMERA LASER
• Quanta System Acquires Grupo Laser Idoseme
• Lockheed Martin Acquires Aculight
• Hypertherm Finalizes Acquisition of ESSE A
• Domino Acquires Photon Energy and NWL
• Arasor Takes Over Novalux
• LightMachinery Acquires Popular Laser Products of GSI
• Northrop Signs Agreement with University of Central Florida
• Northrop Wins MDA Contract for Developing ATILL
• Bright Solutions Signs Agreement with BFi
• Zecotek Signs Marketing Agreement with Toyo
• RPMC Inks an Agreement with Arete
• Snake Creek Partners with Alps
• Zecotek Laser Enters into Agreement with Fujikura
• Powerlase Forms Partnership with NUI Galway
• Powerlase and Eolite Systems Join Forces
• Oerlikon Completes Acquisition of Exitech
• LEI Successfully Completes Defense Deal with ITT
• Laser Photonics Partners with FANUC Robotics
• IPG Laser Receives Supply Contract from BMW Group
• Zecotek and T.E.M. Sign Distribution Agreement
• Rofin-Sinar Takes Over Nufern
• Quantel Acquires WaveLight Aesthetics
• AMO Acquires IntraLase
• Northrop Sets up First High-Energy Laser Weapon Production Plant
• Jenoptik and Trumpf to Form a Joint Venture
• JMAR Supplies BriteLight Laser Heads to LLNL
• GSI Starts Production of JK pulsed Nd: YAG Lasers
• JDSU Enters into an Agreement with TeraXion
• Synova Inks an Agreement with Kataoka
• Del Mar and Tekhnoscan Collaborate
• Cobolt Builds New State-of-Art Facility
• Laser Energetics to Joint Venture with Lantis Laser
• IPG Photonics Bags Supply Contract from US Navy
• Han' s Lasers Expands Operations into the US
• BAE Systems to Upgrade US Army Choppers
• Newport Forms Fiber Laser Business Group
• CVI Laser LLC Acquires Melles Griot
• Zecotek Commences Production of Ti: Sapphire Laser Model

8. Product Innovations/Introductions

• IPG Photonics Develops New Green Fiber Lasers
• BFi Unveils New Fiber Lasers
• Powerlase and BFi Launches Advanced 400 Watt DPSSL Platform
• IRIDEX Obtains FDA Approval for IRIDEX IQ Laser Systems
• JDSU Unveils 4900 Series Pump Lasers
• OmniGuide Launches BeamPath NEURO(tm) CO2 Laser Scalpel
• Cymer Introduces XLR 500d ArF Laser Light Source
• Bookham Unveils Single Emitter-based Laser Pump Module
• Fianium Expands Supercontinuum Fiber Laser Product Series
• GSI Laser Launches Low Profile Fiber Laser
• Deep Photonics Unveils ' FLP-266-QCW' Fiber Laser
• Zecotek Rolls Out Fiber Coupled Laser
• Point Source Unveils ' iFLEX-Mustang'
• Aculight Plans to Launch Range of Laser Products
• Photonic Products Launches Sanyo' s Laser Modules
• Cobalt AB Releases ' Cobalt Jive(tm)'
• Cobalt Rolls Out ' Cobalt Samba(tm)'
• Cobalt Unveils ' Cobalt Mambo(tm)'
• Fianium Releases Supercontinuum Lasers
• Fianium Launches New Fiber Laser Systems
• Solx Receives FDA Approval for Glaucoma Treatment Laser
• ESI Unveils DPSS Laser for FPD Repair
• Zecotek Unveils New Solid-State Laser
• IPG Develops Innovative CO2 Gas Laser
• Coherent Releases Novel Fiber Laser
• Zecotek Develops Green Fiber Laser
• Photonic Unveils Green Laser Module with Thermoelectric Control
• TOPTICA Photonics Introduces iWave
• Cobolt Launches High Power Cobolt CalypsoTM Lasers
• Cobolt Launches 515 nm Cobolt Fandango(tm) Laser
• Cobolt Launches Cobolt Tango(tm) Laser
• Coherent Launches New DPSS Laser
• Coherent Launches Compass Lasers
• SPI Introduces High Power Ultraviolet Laser
• Cymer Launches XLR 600i Laser Light Source
• Coherent Releases New Diamond C series of CO2 Lasers
• Multiwave Releases New Advanced Pulsed Fiber Lasers
• Newport Debuts CW Fiber Lasers
• New Focus Unveils High-Precision, Single- Wavelength Laser
• PyroPhotonics Unveils PyroFlex
• Fianium Unveils New 266nm Fiber Laser System
• NTC America to Roll Out New Laser Systems

9. Focus on Select Global Players

• Coherent, Inc. (USA)
• Cutting Edge Optronics, Inc. (USA)
• CVI Melles Griot Inc (USA)
• Cymer Inc. (USA)
• Fujian Castech Crystals, Inc. (China)
• Gigaphotonic, Inc. (Japan)
• GSI Group, Inc. (USA)
• Excel Technology, Inc. (USA)
• IPG Photonics Corp. (USA)
• JDS Uniphase Corporation (USA)
• Newport Corporation (USA)
• Spectra-Physics, Inc. (USA)
• Q-Peak, Inc (USA)
• Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. (USA)
• Scientific Materials Corporation (USA)
• TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KG (Germany)

10. Global Market Perspective

• Table 17: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 18: World Historic Review for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, urope, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 19: World 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 20: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers by Application - Industrial Material Processing, Medical Applications, Instrumentation, Research & Development and Others Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 21: World Historic Review for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers by Application - Industrial Material Processing, Medical Applications, Instrumentation, Research & Development and Others Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 22: World 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers by Application - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Industrial Material Processing, Medical Applications, Instrumentation, Research & Development and Other Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 23: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales igures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 24: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State Lasers by Technology Type - Lamp-Pumped SS Lasers, Laser-Pumped SS Lasers, Diode-Pumped SS Lasers and Fiber Lasers Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 25: World Historic Review for Solid-State Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 26: World Historic Review for Solid-State Lasers by Technology Type - Lamp-pumped Solid-State Lasers, Laser-pumped Solid-State Lasers, and Diode-pumped Solid-State Lasers Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 27: World 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State Lasers by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 28: World 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State Lasers by Technology Type - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Lamp-pumped Solid-State Lasers, Laser-pumped Solid-State Lasers, and Diode-pumped Solid-State Lasers Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 29: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Fiber Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 30: World Historic Review for Fiber Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 31: World 15-Year Perspective for Fiber Lasers by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 32: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Gas Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 33: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Gas Lasers by Technology Type - CO2 Sealed Lasers, CO2 Flowing Lasers, Excimer Lasers and Other Lasers Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 34: World Historic Review for Gas Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 35: World Historic Review for Gas Lasers by Technology Type - CO2 Sealed Lasers, CO2 Flowing Lasers, Excimer Lasers and Other Lasers Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 36: World 15-Year Perspective for Gas Lasers by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 37: World 15-Year Perspective for Gas Lasers by Technology Type - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for CO2 Sealed Lasers, CO2 Flowing Lasers, Excimer Lasers and Other Lasers Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 38: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Dye Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 39: World Historic Review for Dye Lasers by Geographic Region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 40: World 15-Year Perspective for Dye Lasers by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Markets for Years 2001, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

III. MARKET

1. North America

• A. Market Analysis
  • Outlook
  • Industrial Lasers Lose Sheen in the US
  • Product Launches
  • Strategic Corporate Developments
  • Select Players
• B. Market Analytics
  • Table 41: North American Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 42: North American Historic Review for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 43: North American 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Years 2001, 2009 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

2. Europe

• A. Market Analysis
  • European Laser Industry - At a Glance
  • Table 44: European Industrial Laser Market (2004): Percentage Market Share Breakdown for Leading Players - Trumpf, Rofin-Sinar, LASAG AG, GSI Group, IPG Photonics and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Germany - A Laser Powerhouse
  • United Kingdom - A Pioneer in Basic Research
  • Product Launches
  • Strategic Corporate Developments
  • Select Players
• B. Market Analytics
  • Table 45: European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 46: European Historic Review for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 47: European 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Years 2001, 2009 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

3. Asia-Pacific

• A. Market Analysis
  • Outlook
  • China
  • Strategic Corporate Developments
  • Select Players
• B. Market Analytics
  • Table 48: Asia-Pacific Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 49: Asia-Pacific Historic Review for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 50: Asia-Pacific 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Years 2001, 2009 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4. Rest of World

• A. Market Analysis
  • Outlook
  • Strategic Corporate Development
• B. Market Analytics
  • Table 51: Rest of World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 52: Rest of World Historic Review for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Laser Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
  • Table 53: Rest of World 15-Year Perspective for Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Years 2001, 2009 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

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