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World Fiber Optic Sensors Markets
Frost & Sullivan, Dec 2010, Pages: 92
This study discusses the world fiber optic sensors markets. Intrinsic and extrinsic fiber optic sensors are the two types of product taken in to consideration. Energy, oil & gas, civil, security, structural health monitoring, military, medical, semiconductor, down-well, pipeline monitoring etc are the various end users and applications taken in to consideration. The forecasts are done in terms of revenues only. In the intrinsic segment, DAS, DTS, and FBG are the interrogators taken in to consideration
Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled World Fiber Optic Sensors Markets provides analysis in to intrinsic and extrinsic fiber optic (FO) sensors markets. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: intrinsic (distributed and quasi-distributed) and extrinsic (Fabry-Perot, Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and phosphorus decay). It also covers the following applications: energy and utility, civil and security, medical, industrial, transportation, aerospace as well as oil and gas.
Market Overview
Fiber Optic Sensing Emerges a Flexible and Enabling Technology for a Wide Range of Applications
FO sensors’ numerous inherent advantages of distributed sensing, immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) as well as their dielectric nature make them the first choice among sensor developers for high-voltage and harsh-environment applications. Their impressive benefits have popularised their use in both current and future oil and gas applications. In fact, the oil and gas industry is dependent on FO sensors for drilling untapped and difficult-to-access oil reserves as well as subsea oil field installation. FO sensing also plays a critical role in other applications such as security, structural health monitoring, civil, industrial, energy and defence. “Miniature size and total immunity to EMI make them applicable in medical applications,” says the analyst of this research service. “Meanwhile, their long-term reliability in different environments and the possibility of having distributed sensors along a single optical fiber that runs several kilometres make them applicable in civil engineering applications.”
To make the most of their overwhelming advantages and ensure widespread and commercial adoption, FO sensor companies must strategise to lower their sensor systems’ high initial costs. The cost of designing, planning and installing an FO sensor system is prohibitive, especially in certain retrofit applications, where the existing lines need to be dug out to lay these fibers. “Vendors need to reduce the cost of the system and commercially address the high-volume applications of fiber optic sensors and applications where conventional ones are unfeasible,” notes the analyst. “With increasing end-user awareness, cost reductions and product and technology trends, FO sensors are expected to play a key role in shaping the future of the global sensors market.”
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
By Product Segment
- Intrinsic
-- Distributed
-- Quasi-distributed
- Extrinsic
-- Fabry-Perot
-- Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
-- Phosphorus decay
By Application
- Energy and utility
- Civil and security
- Medical
- Industrial
- Transportation
- Aerospace
- Oil and Gas
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