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New Report Examines OE Sensor Technologies, Competition, and Potential Markets for OE Sensors, Barriers, and Solutions

Posted on: Thursday, 29 November 2007, 00:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c75709) has announced the addition of Fiber Optic Sensors to their offering.

Examines OE sensor technologies, competition, and potential markets for OE sensors, barriers, and solutions.

A roadmapping workshop entitled "Fiber Optic Sensors" was held on March 22 and 23 in Boston, MA. The workshop had 75 attendees, 55 from industry, 5 from academia, and 10 from government.

The purpose of the workshop was to reach an industry consensus on

- OE sensor technologies - excluding image sensors

- Competition and potential markets for OE sensors

- Barriers that must be overcome to increase markets and generate new opportunities for the industry

- Potential OIDA contributions to enhance the profitability of the industry and

- Follow-up action items

The agenda of the meeting is presented in Appendix A; Appendix B gives the highlights of the presentations; Appendix C describes ongoing Fiber Optic Sensor Consortium standard activities; and a list of attendees is provided in Appendix D. A brief summary of the findings follows:

Optoelectronic Sensors

OE sensors represent a variety of technologies. For the most part, they sense motion, stress, mechanical properties, temperature, pressure as well as chemical composition. In the majority of applications, they replace electrical sensors. In extreme cases, they outperform existing technologies and have a unique, niche market.

The OE Sensor Industry

Although the OE sensor technology emerged over the past 10-20 years, the industrial applications are relatively new. Some of the roots of the technology go back to optical communication and image sensors and might benefit from overlap with these technologies. Since the OE sensor industry is relatively new, it has a number of shortcomings:

- The potential markets and market elasticity is unknown

- The industry is fragmented and is missing a unified roadmap and driving force

- Lack of standards leads to proliferation of products

- Low volume production impedes cost reduction

- Measurement standards are missing; there are no round robin measurement comparisons

- The industry is lacking government R&D support

- The application areas must be enlarged to increase revenues, e.g., bio-photonics

- The emphasis is on point sensors while the applications require sensor systems

- Dialogue with and exposure to potential customers is weak

OE sensors represent a major market opportunity in optoelectronics and they will significantly contribute to intelligent information systems in stationary and mobile applications. David Krohn has done an outstanding job in forming the sensor consortium. It is expected that he will stay part of the OIDA activity and help to elevate his contributions to a higher level for the benefit of the entire industry.

Executive Summary

OIDA Technology Roadmaps

Fiber Optic Sensors - Background

Fiber Optic Sensor Markets

Fiber Optic Sensor Needs

Fiber Optic Sensing Systems

Sensor Comparisons

Barriers to Commercialize Fiber Optic Sensors

Current Status of Fiber Optic Sensors

OIDA Objectives to Promote Fiber Optic Sensors

Conclusions

Recommendations for the Fiber Optic Sensor Consortium

Fiber Optic Sensor Roadmap

Summary

Appendix A - Fiber Optic Sensor Workshop Agenda

Appendix B - Presentation Highlights

Clay Kirkendall, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Tim Barock, NRL

George Simonis, Army Research Laboratory (ARL)

Chris Baldwin, Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA)

Paul Sanders, Weatherford

Alexis Mendez, MCH Engineering

Shibin Jiang, NP Photonics

Rick Trutna, Agilent

Nick Ortyl, Blue Road Research

Tom Graver, Micron Optics

Robert Lieberman, Intelligent Optical Systems

Martin Jones, Insensys

Jeff Bush, Optiphase

Luc Langlois, FISO

Lawrence Domash, Aegis Semiconductor

Venture Capital Perspectives

John Dexheimer, First Analysis

Mark Robinson, VIMAC

Raj Alur, Vesbridge Partners,

Appendix C - Fiber Optic Sensor Consortium Standards Activities

Appendix D - Workshop Attendee List

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c75709.

Source: Business Wire

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