A leading market/technology forecast consultancy announced the release of their market forecast and analysis of the global consumption of Fiber Optic Sensors. The market forecast data is presented and segmented in two main sections:
- Fiber Optic Point (Local) Sensor: Complete Unit
- Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor (Continuous and Quasi): System Channel Line
Fiber Optic Point Sensor - Global Market Forecast
During the 2022-2032 timeline, the analyst is forecasting that the consumption (use) value will increase from $1.297 billion to $2.045 billion. (Each Point sensor is counted as one complete component unit, which may also include interconnect devices and immediate enclosure or casing).
Compared with other types of sensors, fiber-optic sensors exhibit a number of advantages:
- They consist of electrically insulating materials (no electric cables are required), which makes possible their use in high-voltage environments.
- They can be safely used in explosive environments, because there is no risk of electrical sparks, even in the case of defects.
- They are immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI), even to nearby lightning strikes, and do not themselves electrically disturb other devices.
- Their materials can be chemically passive; therefore, do not contaminate their surroundings and are not subject to corrosion.
- They have a very wide operating temperature range (much wider than is possible for many electronic devices).
- They have multiplexing capabilities: multiple sensors in a single fiber line can be interrogated with a single optical source.
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor System - Global Market Forecast
According to the study, during the 10-year timeline, the worldwide consumption value of the combined use of Continuous- and Quasi-continuous Distributed fiber optics sensor system channel lines is forecasted to increase from $5.109 billion in 2022 to $11.369 billion in 2032. Market forecast data in this study report refers to consumption (use) for a particular calendar year; therefore, this data is not cumulative data.
Types of Distributed Fiber Optic System Lines qualified in this market study:
- Continuous Distributed sensing (optical fiber line used in a system) provides continuous, real-time measurements along the entire length of a fiber optic cable; continuous distributed sensing does not rely upon manufactured sensors but utilizes the optical fiber. The Continuous Distributed sensing links are segmented by the following technology types: Interferometric; Raman scattering (Raman effect); Brillouin Scattering.
- Quasi-continuous Distributed sensing (optical fiber line used in a system) utilizes Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs), which have been employed as sensing elements where dense (closely-spaced) sensing points are required, and the FBGs are multiplexed with various methods.
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary - Overview
Executive Summary
The 2022-2032 quantitative market review and forecast data, presented in this study report, are segmented into the following geographic regions, plus a Global summary:
- The Americas (North America, Central and South America)
- EMEA (Europe, Middle Eastern countries, plus Africa)
- APAC (Asia Pacific)
The market forecast data is presented and segmented in two main sections:
- Fiber Optic Point (Local) Sensor: Complete Unit
- Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor (Continuous and Quasi-continuous): System Channel Line
Fiber Optic Point Sensor: Sensing/Measuring Quantity
The Point Sensor Forecast further segmented by the following sensing/measuring quantity (measurand) types:
- Mechanical Strain
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Chemical, Gas, Liquid
- Vibration, Acoustic, Seismic
- Displacement, Acceleration, Proximity
- Electric, Current and Magnetic Field - Fiber Optic Sensors
- Rotation (such as Fiber Optic Gyroscopes: FOGs)
Fiber Optic Point Sensors: Applications
The market forecast of the Fiber Optic Point Sensors is segmented by the following end-user applications:
- Manufacturing Process/Factory
- Civil Engineering/Construction
- Military/Aerospace/Security
- Test & Measurement used in Telecommunication, CATV, Enterprise
- Biomedical/Science
- Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources
- Automotive/Vehicle
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor System Links (Lines)
In this study, the Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor function in systems is counted by individual channel link (or line), which include several components (optoelectronic transmitter/receiver, connectors, optical fiber, cable (fiber jacket), other passive components, and immediate enclosures; the quasi-continuous system also includes the FBG sensor elements, which are embedded into the sensing fiber (software is not included).
Types of Distributed Fiber Optic System Channel Lines:
Continuous Distributed sensing (optical fiber line used in a system) provides continuous, real-time measurements along the entire length of a fiber optic cable; continuous distributed sensing does not rely upon manufactured sensors but utilizes the optical fiber.
Quasi-Continuous Distributed sensing (optical fiber line used in a system) utilizes Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs), which have been employed as sensing elements where dense (closely-spaced) sensing points are required, and the FBGs are multiplexed with various methods.
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor Systems typically have several channel links (fiber lines).
The values shown in this study report are obtained by multiplying an (one) individual completed channel, which includes one fiber optic line (or link) and associated components for that one line (optoelectronic transmitter/receiver, connectors, optical fiber, cable (fiber jacket), other passive components, and immediate enclosures; and with Grading-Based systems, sensing elements (FBGs) are included in the list of components for each individual channel.
Therefore, the quantities (volume) and average selling prices are represented for the one system channel link (also known as a line or string). Not all systems are filled to channel capacity; therefore, customers add more channel lines or replace old lines with new lines as required over months or over years (“grow as you go”).
Distributed Sensors Market Forecast Application and Technology Categories:
- Manufacturing Process/Factory
- Continuous - Interferometric
- Continuous - Raman scattering (Raman effect)
- Continuous - Brillouin Scattering
- Quasi-Continuous (Grating-Based)
- Civil Engineering/Construction (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc)
- Continuous - Interferometric
- Continuous - Raman scattering (Raman effect)
- Continuous - Brillouin Scattering
- Quasi-Continuous (Grating-Based)
- Military/Aerospace/Security
- Continuous - Interferometric
- Continuous - Raman scattering (Raman effect)
- Continuous - Brillouin Scattering
- Quasi-Continuous (Grating-Based)
- Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources
- Continuous - Interferometric
- Continuous - Raman scattering (Raman effect)
- Continuous - Brillouin Scattering
- Quasi-Continuous (Grating-Based)
- Biomedical/Science
- Continuous - Interferometric
- Continuous - Raman scattering (Raman effect)
- Continuous - Brillouin Scattering
- Quasi-Continuous (Grating-Based)
Technology Review
This study report provides a review of applicable technologies, including:
- Interferometry
- Intensity
- Polarization
- Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)
- Raman back-scattering
- Fluorescence
- Brillouin waves
- Doppler Anemometry
- Spectroscopy
- Waveguides/ Specialty Optical Fiber
- Optrode
Competition - Also included in this report is an extensive list of 200-fiber optic sensor manufacturers and related companies, along with a matrix table classifying the types of sensors technologies. Market share estimates (2021) for the selected leading competitors are also provided.
Market Forecast Data Base
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets: The market forecast data are presented for fiber optic sensors, segmented by the following functions:
- Consumption Value (US$, million)
- Quantity (number/units in Thousands)
- Average Selling Prices (ASP $, each)
Excel File Contents:
- Fiber Optic Sensor Company / Product Matrix
- Market Forecast Data Table
- Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor Market Forecast
- Global
- America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)
- Asia Pacific (APAC)
- Point Fiber Optic Sensor Market Forecast
- Global
- America
- EMEA
- APAC
Companies Mentioned
- ABB Power, Sweden (Asea Brown Boveri)
- Acreo, Sweden (RISE - Research Inst. of Sweden)
- Adamant Kogyo Company, Ltd.
- Adelos, Inc./S&K (US Navy BLUEROSE patents)
- Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (LumaSense; Luxtron)
- Advanced Navigation
- Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI)
- AFL - Fujikura Ltd. Japan (Verrillon®)
- Agilent Technologies / AP Sensing
- Agiltron ® (Photonwares)
- Al Cielo Inertial Solutions (ACIS)
- Alcatel-Lucent (now - Nokia)
- Alstom
- Althen Sensors & Controls (Altheris - The Netherlands)
- Alxenses Company Limited
- American Medical Systems (GreenLight™)
- Anritsu (light sources/devices for fiber sensors)
- Apogee Technology, Inc.
- Applied Analytics, Inc.
- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
- AP Sensing GmbH (also see Agilent)
- Arizona State University (SMART Innovations)
- Asahi Kasei Microdevices
- Autonics Corporation
- Avantes B.V.
- Babcock & Wilcox
- Baluff Incorporated
- Bandweaver
- Banner Engineering Corporation
- Baumer Electric AG
- Biolitec group
- Biometrics Ltd.
- Cardiogenesis (CryoLife)
- Chiral Photonics
- CiDRA
- Coherent-Rofin / Nufern
- Colibrys Ltd. (Safran Colibrys SA)
- Conax Technologies
- Core Laboratories
- Corning Inc. / 3M
- CVI Laser Optics (IDEX Optical Technologies / IDEX)
- Davidson Instruments
- Draper Laboratories
- Echopoint Medical Ltd (University College London)
- Elbit Systems - ELSEC (Israel)
- Emcore Corporation
- Evanescent Optics Inc.
- EXFO Inc.
- Expro International Group Ltd.
- EyeSense GmbH
- FBG Korea
- FBGS
- Femto Sensing International (Georgia, USA)
- FFPI Industries, Inc.
- Fibercore
- Fibernetics LLC
- Fiber SenSys (OPTEX CO. LTD.)
- Fiberware GmbH
- FIBOS (Canada)
- FiSens GmbH
- Fizoptika
- Fluke Process Instruments (Ircon, Raytek)
- FOSTA Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
- Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
- Fuji Electric
- Furukawa/OFS Fitel
- Future Fibre Technologies (FFT) (Ava Group)
- Gooch & Housego
- Gould Fiber Optics
- Halliburton / SensorTran / Smart Fibres Ltd. (U.K.)
- Hamamatsu Corporation
- HBM (HBK Company subsidiary of Spectris plc)
- Hecho Technology (Nanjing Hecho Technology)
- Heraeus Holding / Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
- Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
- Honeywell
- Hoya Corporation
- Ibsen Photonics
- IDEC
- ifm efector inc. (PA, USA)
- imc Test & Measurement GmbH (Axiometrix Solutions)
- Infrared Fiber Sensors
- Innovative Environmental Scientific Pty. Ltd. (IES)
- Integrated Photonics Technology, Inc. (IPITEK)
- Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems (IFOS)
- Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. (IOS)
- Inversion Sensor Co. Ltd.
- ION Geophysical
- ITF Technologies (O-Net)
- iXblue
- Johnson Controls International plc (Tyco)
- Keyence
- Keystone Automation Incorporated
- KVH Industries
- Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc.
- LEONI
- Leuze electronic GmbH + Co. KG
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Lumentum Operations LLC (acquired NeoPhotonics)
- Luna Innovations / Micron Optics / OptaSense®
- Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.
- Marmota Engineering AG (Switzerland)
- M.D. Micro Detectors S.p.A. (Datalogic Group)
- Measurand, Inc. Canada
- Memsic Corporation
- Micronor Sensors
- Mitsubishi Precision Co. Ltd. (MPC)
- MOCKWELL (Dongguan MOCKWELL)
- Molex, LLC (Fiberguide)
- MTI Instruments, Inc.
- National Instruments Corporation (NI)
- NBG Holding GmbH (Austria)
- NEDAERO (Based in The Netherlands)
- Neoptix, Incorporated
- Newport / New Focus (MKS Instruments)
- Ningbo Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Company Limited
- NITTO DENKO Corporation
- NGK Insulator
- NKT Photonics A/S (LIOS SENSING)
- Northrup Grumman
- Nova Metrix (FISO/Roctest/Smartec/Others)
- NVIDIA Corporation (acquired Mellanox)
- Ocean Optics, Incorporated
- O/E Land Incororated
- Omega Engineering Inc. (Spectris plc)
- OmniSens SA
- Omron
- Opsens
- Optek Technology (TT Electronics)
- OptiEnz Sensors, LLC
- Optocon (Weidmann Technologies)
- Optolink Scientific Ltd.
- Optosci Ltd.
- Optrand Inc.
- Optromix, Inc.
- Oxsensis Ltd.
- OZ Optics
- Panasonic / Ramco (Sunx)
- Paroscientific, Inc.
- Pepperl+Fuchs
- PerkinElmer Inc.
- Philtec
- Photonics Laboratories, Incorporated
- Physik Instrumente
- PJSC PNPPK (Russia)
- Predynamics
- PreSens Precision Sensing (Germany)
- Prime Photonics, LC
- Prisma Photonics, Ltd.
- Profotech
- Proximion AB (Hexatronic Group)
- QinetiQ Group PLC
- Reflectronics, Inc.
- Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley)
- ROGA-Instruments
- Rugged Monitoring (Canada)
- Saab AB, EDS, Avionics Division/Defense/Security
- Safran Electronics and Defense
- Scaime (France)
- Scantron Industrial Products Ltd.
- Schlumberger Limited, SENSA (France)
- SCHOTT Glass/Fiber Optics
- SDI Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing)
- Sensor Line (Germany) / IRD
- Sensornet Ltd.
- Sensor Technologies/Mooncor (previously FOX-TEK)
- Senstar Corporation (acquired Optellios)
- Sensuron
- Sentea
- Sichuan Huiyuan Plastic Optical Fiber Co. Ltd.
- Siemens AG
- Silixa Ltd.
- Sintela (ONYX™)
- SlingShot Assembly (Acquired BEI Electronics LLC)
- Smartec SA
- Solifos AG, GmbH (Formerly FO systems of Brugg)
- Spectranetics® (Acquired by Philips)
- StarNeto Technology Development Co. Ltd. (Beijing)
- Sumita Optical Glass
- Sumitomo Electric
- Takenaka Sensor Group (TAKEX / PULNiX)
- Technica Optical Components, LLC
- Technobis tft-fos (The Netherlands)
- Tektronix
- Teledyne FLIR LLC
- Telemecanique Sensors (OsiSense XU)
- TeraXion
- TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS)
- Thorlabs, Inc.
- TIPD, LLC (California, USA)
- Trimedyne, Incorporated
- Tri-Tronics Co. Inc.
- Ultra Communications
- VIAVI Solutions Inc.
- Weatherford International Ltd.
- Well-SENSE (Aberdeen, Scotland)
- Williamson Corporation
- Xiamen Xi-BTR Electronic Technology Co. Ltd.
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Zhengzhou HANVY Industrial Co. Ltd.
- Ziebel AS