Tunable Laser Market Opportunities, Market Forecasts, and Market Strategies,

Tunable Laser Market Opportunities, Market Forecasts, and Market Strategies, 2006-2012

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Wintergreen Research
Published: May 2006
Product Code: R49-361

Description

As networks are implemented for triple play, they become complex, driving the need for fast transport based on optics. Manufacturers of communications and computer equipment are increasingly value the ability to provide integrated solutions for both opto-electronic components and integrated circuits.

Tunable lasers address growing demands for capabilities to reconfigure networks remotely as broadband quality of service demands create the need for flexibility.

Integrated optical components include amplifiers, lasers, receivers, transmitters, and transceivers and transponders. Markets are growing in response to the need to have more efficient networks that are high speed and agile. Flexibility and re - configurability are aspects of optical based networks.

Market driving forces relate to the need for broadband, the use of the Internet to implement supply chain economies of scale, the ability to put together a network at less cost, and the increased capacity for communication systems provided by optical components.

Internet protocol architecture is significantly more efficient than circuit switched architecture. Circuit switches provide an end-to-end connection for voice traffic. This type of network architecture is very inefficient, tying up a line during the silences and pauses of a voice conversation. (or laser).

A laser is the device that generates the modulated light signal and transmits it through the optical system. By turning the laser device on to represent a digital 1 and turning it off to represent a digital 0 digital processing is made possible. Each optical signal has its own wavelength or frequency.

Multiplexing is the technology of aggregating multiple wavelengths onto a single strand of fiber. This process is accomplished through the use of optical devices called wavelength division multiplexers (or WDMs). It is designed to increase the capacity of the optical network.

Widely tunable lasers help maximize existing network resources. The ability to dynamically provision bandwidth provides the ability to meet demands for Internet access. Widely tunable lasers move traffic from overcrowded channels to unused channels. They simplify the planning process. When a provider purchases a tunable laser, the widely tunable laser can cover the whole C-band and, in time, another will cover the L-band.

Aggregate demand for tunable lasers is related to the need for network managers to manage 100 distinct wavelengths. One widely tunable laser transmitter can be a spare for 100 wavelengths, meaning a carrier can rapidly restore transmission on the wavelength of any failed transmitter, fixed or tunable. Using widely tunable lasers throughout the network deliver reconfigurability and economy of scale.

Tunable lasers offer multiple wavelengths in the same laser device. Categorizations for tunable lasers relate to metro and long haul, narrowly tunable and widely tunable. Long haul lasers do not need to solve complexity, nor do they need to be complex. Long haul lasers are used in the long haul network to replace single channel lasers in the event of a malfunction.

The market for tunable lasers at $183 million in 2005 is expected to reach $3.1 billion in 2012 (See Figure 2-46 and Table 2-47). Market driving forces are the need for dynamic reconfiguration of core networks. In addition, physical layer support for packet switching means tunable lasers will be used to implement broadband for the Internet.

Table of Contents

Tunable Laser Market Executive Summary: Key Elements Of Tunable Laser Business Strategy; Tunable Laser Market Overview; Bandwidth Management; Wavelength Monitoring; Market Demand; Optical Component Competitive Positioning; Tunable Laser Market Shares; Tunable Laser Market Forecasts
1. Tunable Laser Market Dynamics and Market Description: 1.1 Transmission And Reception Of Optical Signals; 1.2 Push To Develop Terabit-Class Optical Communications Systems; 1.3 Industry Environment; 1.4 Optical Networking Success Factors; 1.5 Companies That Purchase Tunable Lasers; 1.6 Network Systems Increase In Complexity And Density; 1.7 DWDM Systems; 1.8 Tunable Laser Description; 1.9 Fixed Lasers; 1.10 Tunable Laser Application Enabler; 1.11 Performance Requirements; 1.12 Tunable Laser Design; 1.13 Tunable Laser Implementations
2. Tunable Laser Market Opportunities and Market Forecasts: 2.1 Tunable Laser Competitive Positioning; 2.2 Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Shares; 2.3 Lighting Dark Fiber; 2.4 Tunable Laser Market Forecast Analysis; 2.5 Tunable Laser Pricing; 2.6 Tunable Laser Regional Analysis
3. Tunable Laser Product Description: 3.1 Tunable Laser; 3.2 Intel Tunable Laser Technology; 3.3 Fujitsu Adopts Intel Optical Tunable Laser; 3.4 Avanex Lithium-Niobate Tunable DWDM Systems External Modulators; 3.5 JDSU / Agility Communications Tunable Lasers; 3.6 Santec Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser; 3.7 Bookham Direct Modulated Lasers; 3.8 Bookham Tunable Laser Products; 3.9 Lambda Physik ScanMatePro; 3.10 Iolon Apollo Tunable Laser; 3.11 Spectra Physics (Newport); 3.12 LAMBDA PHYSIK:; 3.13 Iolon Tunable Laser; 3.14 OPNEXT
4. Tunable Laser Technology: 4.1 Integrating Switching, DWDM, And Other Transport; 4.2 Internet Protocol (IP) Over The Optical Layer; 4.3 Capabilities Of Widely Tunable Lasers; 4.4 External Cavity Lasers; 4.5 Tunable Laser Channel Count; 4.6 Hornet Project; 4.7 System Concept; 4.8 MEMS; 4.9 VCSEL; 4.10 Tunable Laser Standard
5. Tunable Laser Company Profiles: 5.1 Avago Technologies; 5.2 Avanex; 5.3 Bookham; 5.4 Colibrys; 5.5 Corning; 5.6 CyOptics; 5.7 DiCon Fiberoptics; 5.8 Emcore; 5.9 Finisar; 5.10 Firecomms; 5.11 Fujitsu; 5.12 JDSU; 5.13 Mitsubishi Electric; 5.14 NEC; 5.15 NeoPhotonics; 5.16 Oki Optical Components; 5.17 OpLink; 5.18 Opnext; 5.19 Optium Corporation; 5.20 Pirelli & C. SpA Group; 5.21 Santec; 5.22 Sin Yu; 5.23 Sumitomo; 5.24 TriQuint; 5.25 WaveSplitter Technologies
List of Tables and Figures
Table ES-1: Key Elements Of Tunable Laser Vendor Business Strategy
Figure ES-2: Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Shares, Dollars, 2005
Figure ES-3: Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Forecasts, 2006-2012
Table 1-1: Selected Communications Market Participants
Table 1-2: MSA Compatible TOSA/ROSA Standards
Table 1-3: Optical Component Product Qualification Process
Table 1-4: Fiber Optic Component Market Growth Factors
Table 1-5: Fiber Optic Component Network Market Financing Factors
Table 1-6: Telecommunications Industry Market Growth Factors
Table 1-7: Internet Traffic Broadband Content
Table 1-8: Optical Networking Success Factors
Table 1-9: Telecommunications And Cable Television Equipment Providers
Table 1-10: Fiber Optic Component Market Driving Forces
Table 1-11: DWDM Broadband Bandwidth Solutions
Figure 1-12: Hybrid Optical / Electrical Switching Matrices
Figure 1-13: Hybrid Optical Switching Matrix
Table 1-14: Difficulties With Fixed Lasers
Figure 1-15: Tuning Speeds For GCSR Laser Transmitters Of 4-Nm And 8-Nm-Spaced Wavelengths
Figure 1-16: Tuning Speeds Laser Transmitters Of 4-Nm And 8-Nm-Spaced Wavelengths
Table 1-17: Tunable Laser Advantages
Table 1-18: Performance Requirements For The Transport Markets
Table 1-19: Tunable Lasers Performance Requirements
Table 1-20: Optical System Advantages
Table 1-21: Tunable Laser Applications
Table 1-22: Basic Tunable Laser Structures
Table 1-23: Basic Tunable Laser Applications
Table 1-24: Features Of Tunable Laser Technologies
Table 1-25: Advantages Of VCSEL
Table 2-1: Tunable Laser Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2: Optical Networking Tunable Laser System Market Segments
Figure 2-3: Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Shares, Dollars, 2005
Table 2-4: Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Shares, Dollars, 2005
Table 2-5: Impact of Optical Switching on IP Transport Speeds
Table 2-6: 10-Gbps Technologies
Table 2-7: 10-Gbps Value Chain
Table 2-8: 10-Gbps Active Optics Component And Subsystems Products
Figure 2-9: Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Forecasts, 2006-2012
Table 2-10: Worldwide Tunable Laser Market Forecasts, 2006-2012
Table 2-11: Reasons Tunable Lasers Replace Fixed Wavelength Lasers
Table 2-12: Tunable Laser Competitive Advantage Market Factors
Table 2-13: Tunable Laser Market Growth Factors
Table 2-14: Tunable Laser Specifications Required By Long-Haul 10-Gbit/Sec System
Figure 2-15: Tunable Laser Regional Segment Analysis, Dollars, 2005
Table 2-16: Tunable Laser Regional Market Analysis
Table 3-1: Tunable Laser Features, Issues, And Functions
Table 3-2: Engineering Challenges Of Tunable Lasers
Table 3-3: Intel Tunable Laser Technology Key Benefits
Table 3-4: Intel Tunable Laser Technology Key Features
Figure 3-5: Intel Tunable Laser
Table 3-6: Intel Benefits of Tunability
Table 3-7: Intel TTX11500 Key Features
Figure 3-8: Intel Block Diagram Of The External Cavity And Internal Coupling
Figure 3-9: Intel Temperature-Tuned External Cavity Laser Assembled On The Quasi-Planar Laser Welded Manufacturing Platform
Table 3-10: Layout Of The Intel C-Band Tunable Laser
Figure 3-11: Intel Tunable Laser Coupling Optics
Figure 3-12: Intel Optical Etalon Composed By Two Thermally Tuned Si Filters
Table 3-13: Control Functions In The Intel ECL Operations
Figure 3-14: Intel Wavelength Filter Selectivity
Figure 3-15: Intel Manufacturing Process Steps To Build The Tunable Laser
Table 3-16: Avanex Transmission Solutions Lithium Niobate Features
Table 3-17: Santec Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser TSL-210V and TSL-210H Functions
Table 3-18: Santec Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser TSL-510 Functions
Table 3-19: Santec Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser ECL-210 Functions
Table 3-20: Santec Ultra-Wide Tunable Laser TSL-210F Functions
Figure 3-21: Santec Ultra-Wide Tunable Laser TSL-210F
Table 3-22: Santec Ultra-Wide UWS-1000
Figure 3-23: Santec Ultra-Wideband Source, UWS-1000
Table 3-24: Santec UWS-1000G Gaussian Spectrum Light Source for OCT
Table 3-25: Santec Ultra-Wideband Source with High Output Power UWS-1000H
Table 3-26: Santec Tunable Laser Operating Ranges
Table 3-27: Santec Emission Spectrum Of The UWS-1000
Table 3-28: Specifications of the UWS-1000
Table 3-29: Bookham Direct Modulated Lasers Modules
Table 3-30: Bookham New Focus Tunable Laser Specifications
Table 3-31: Iolon Apollo Tunable Laser Features
Figure 3-32: Lambda Physik ScanMatePro Professional Spectroscopy System
Table 3-33: Iolon Apollo Tunable Laser Features
Table 3-34: Iolon Apollo Tunable Laser Applications
Table 3-35: Iolon Apollo Tunable Laser Features
Table 3-36: Iolon Swept Frequency Laser Features
Table 3-37: Iolon Widely Tunable Optical Filter Features
Table 3-38: Iolon Widely Tunable Optical Filter Applications:
Table 4-1: Selected Optical Add / Drop Parameters For Tunable Lasers
Table 4-2: Selected Switching Tunable Laser Parameters
Table 4-3: Selected Metropolitan Tunable Laser Parameters
Table 4-4: Selected Long Haul Tunable Laser Parameters
Table 4-5: Selected Ultra Long Haul Tunable Laser Parameters
Figure 4-6: Stanford University Hornet Project Demonstrated Fast Switching Using A GCSR Laser
Table 5-1: Bookham’s Optical Solutions Markets
Table 5-2: Bookham’s Product Portfolio
Table 5-3: Colibrys Custom Market Applications
Table 5-4: Colibrys’s Products Range
Table 5-5: Corning Cable Systems Offerings
Table 5-6: Corning’s Hardware and Equipment Products
Table 5-7: Emcore’s Solutions
Table 5-8: Markets Served by Emcore’s Fiber Optics Segment
Table 5-9: Emcore’s CATV and FTTP Products
Table 5-10: Parallel Optical Transceiver Product Family
Table 5-11: Emcore’s Optical Components and Modules for Data Applications
Table 5-12: JDSU Components
Table 5-13: JDSU Custom Optic Products’ Uses
Table 5-14: Mitsubishi Electric Products
Table 5-15: Oki Optical Components’ Products
Table 5-16: OpLink Product Benefits
Table 5-17: OpLink Product Portfolio Solutions
Table 5-18: Opnext’s High-Performance Optical Components
Table 5-19: Sumitomo Electric Industries Optical Components
Table 5-20: WaveSplitter’s Fused Fiber and Planar Lightguide Circuit Products
Table 5-21: WaveSplitter Product Portfolio

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