Performance Analysis
SWIR Light Sources – Product offer, technology and market structure analyses
By Piseo —
Widely used in optical telecommunication, Short-Wave Infra-Red light sources are key to the development of the imaging market in machine vision, consumer and automotive.
Key Features
- SWIR radiation definition
- Optical properties of materials in SWIR
- Applications of SWIR radiation
- SWIR sources
- Portfolio analysis of SWIR source manufacturers
- SWIR source types by application
- Overview of products marketed
- Market unit forecasts
- Market trends
- Technology trends
- Intellectual property
- Standards and regulation
Product objectives
To improve SWIR source manufacturers and integrators’ knowledge and speed up their decision making, this first report on SWIR sources aims:
- To provide details of the SWIR source products marketed
- To highlight the existing and potential applications for SWIR
- To reveal data on SWIR source market status and trends.
Advanced Photonix (OSI Optoelectronics), Alight Technologies, Alpes Laser, Alpha-One Electronics Ltd., Anton Paar, ams OSRAM, Apple, Army Technology, Bandwidth10, Bktel, BMW, Bright Way Vision, Brolis, CCS Inc., ChemImage Corporation, CI Systems, DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd., Eblana Photonics, EE times Asia, Epigap, Gamma Scientific, Gore & Associates, Hamamatsu, II-VI, LaserMate, LD-PD Inc, Leonardo, Light in Motion, Light-Avenue, LLA Instruments GmbH, Lumentum, Luminar, Luxmux, Metaphase Lighting Technologies, Marktech Optoelectronics Inc., Militaryaerospace, Mitsubishi, NIT, OSI Laser Diode Inc., PhotonWares, Princeton Infrared Technologies, QT Brightek (QTB), Raytheon Technologies, Rockley Photonics ,Samsung, Santec, Sensor Unlimited, SCD, Shenzhen Yingfeng Opto-Electronic Co., Ltd., Sony, ST Microelectronic, Swiris / Effilux, TriEye Ltd, Trinamix, TrueLight Corporation, Thorlabs, Ushio Inc., Veoneer, Vertilas, Vision System, Xenics, Yole Group and more
Table of contents
General introduction
Objectives of the report
Scope of the report
About PISÉO
Authors of the report
Glossary
Terminology
Related reports P 12 Companies cited in this report
Limitations
Executive summary
SWIR radiation
- SWIR radiation
- SWIR spectrum
- Absorption property of some materials
Optical properties of materials in SWIR
- Absorption property of some materials
- Material reflectance property
Applications of SWIR radiation
- Many applications and use cases
- Overview
- Defense & Aerospace
- Industrial - Machine Vision
- Industrial - Test & Measurement
- Automotive & mobility
- Mobile & consumers
- Medical
- Telecom & Infrastructure
- Other
SWIR sources
- Value chain
- Technology overview and comparison
- LED
- Laser
- SWIR sources
Portfolio analysis of SWIR source manufacturers
- Packaged SWIR light source players
- Portfolios of SWIR LED manufacturers
- Portfolio analysis of SWIR LED manufacturers
- Portfolio analysis of SWIR EEL & VCSEL manufacturers
- Portfolios of SWIR EEL manufacturers
- Portfolio analysis of SWIR EEL manufacturers
- Portfolio of SWIR VCSEL manufacturers
- Portfolio analysis of SWIR VCSEL manufacturers
SWIR source types by application
- Telecom & Infrastructure
- Defense & aerospace
- Industrial - Machine vision
- Automotive & Mobility
- Consumer
- Overview of SWIR technologies per market
Overview of products marketed
- Defense & Aerospace
- Industrial
- Telecom & Infrastructure
- LiDAR
- Multiple application products
Market forecasts
- Introduction
- Overview of SWIR technologies per market
- Methodology
- SWIR sources: average selling price (ASP)
- SWIR source market
- SWIR LED market
- SWIR EEL market
- SWIR VCSEL market
- Market forecast
Market trends
- Sources
- SWIR market trends overview
- Defense & aerospace
- Industrial
- Medical
- Automotive & Mobility
- Mobile & Consumer
- Overview
Technology trends
- Imaging methods by application
- Imaging: 3D / depth imaging
- Imaging
Intellectual property
- Published patents on SWIR
- Main players in IP patents
- IP patents of SWIR light source manufacturers
Standards and regulation
- SWIR and photobiological risk
- General view: directives, standards, scientific publications
- European directives
- Standards
- Scientific Publications
- Regulation
Conclusion
References
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Established Telecom & Infrastructure markets will be joined by SWIR imaging technologies
Players like Sony and STMicroelectronics have recently brought new technologies into the Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) imaging market. These technologies should enable the Industrial market to continue to grow and enter the Automotive & Mobility and Mobile & Consumer emerging markets.
Other companies developing sensors and cameras include New Imaging Technologies (NIT), Trieye Ltd, Emberion, Princeton Infrared Technologies and Sensors Unlimited, contributing to SWIR imaging market growth.
Without sources, there is no imaging market. The SWIR light source market therefore benefits from SWIR imaging market growth.
However, the SWIR light source market is currently largely dominated by Telecom & Infrastructure applications, which accounted for 99% of SWIR source unit volumes in 2021.
The SWIR light source market should grow from 182 Munits in 2021 to 394 Munits in 2026 at a 17% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR2021-2026). The Telecom & Infrastructure market will continue to grow but will only be 74% of unit volume in 2026. That’s because, by then, the emerging Mobile & Consumer market will represent 25% of the SWIR source unit volume.
Product portfolio and light source technology analysis: diverse products in a highly dynamic market.
The SWIR imaging market is growing, with most applications needing light sources. As such, players need better understanding of SWIR applications requirements, SWIR light source technologies, and products available on the market, specifically Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), Edge Emitting Lasers (EELs) and Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs).
There are hundreds of standard SWIR LED reference products on the market from manufacturers like Ushio, Marktech Optoelectronics, Epigap and Hamamatsu. This market, mainly led by the demand for Industrial applications such as material sorting, is currently looking to reduce costs and increase performance in optical power and wall-plug efficiency.
The offering for SWIR EELs also involves hundreds of standard reference products, with manufacturers like LD-PD Inc., OSI Laser Diode Inc., and II-VI. Most volume originates from the well-established Telecom & Infrastructure market.
Demand and offerings for SWIR VCSELs is currently limited. They should take off with the entrance of SWIR technology into the Automotive & Mobility and Mobile & Consumer markets. Vertilas is a leader in SWIR VCSEL manufacturing, currently mainly addressing gas sensing applications. ams Osram is preparing to enter the market, illustrating the growing interest. Bandwidth10 and LD-PD Inc. are other SWIR VCSELs manufacturers.
There is a strong diversity of requirements in parameters such as wavelength related to different applications. Besides their standard portfolio, most SWIR source manufacturers therefore propose services for custom products.
