Foreword
The plastic optical fiber (POF) data business is going through a period of extraordinary growth driven by the automotive manufacturers in Europe and by new technology development. Industrial controls and medical applications continue to be the bedrock of the industry, and they, too, are experiencing healthy growth. Unlike the telecommunications field, the POF business covers many industries and is not as vulnerable to industry downturns.
New technological developments in sources, connectors, and fibers are expanding the bandwidth-distance limits of POF into new applications. After many years of playing second fiddle to the glass optical fiber business, POF is now starting to get the recognition it deserves. Some are even saying that POF could be a disruptive technology.
Over the last year, there has been a dramatic increase in the GI-POF technology and its availability in the market. This has resulted in increased interest by component suppliers and end users. The market for short, high-speed optical links is experiencing extraordinary growth. These links are less than 100 meters, with speeds up to 20Gbps. IGI Consulting (IGIC) has developed a separate report on the “Top 40 POF Markets — Existing and Potential.†A complete Table of Contents of the report is available on the IGI Group Web site, www.igigroup.com. Since the market is still in the early stages of development, future updates of this report will cover the actual market in more detail.
E.0 Executive Summary
E.1.0 Introduction
Based on recent developments in the industrial controls, consumer electronics, and automotive applications, IGI forecasts major growth and opportunities in the Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) market. Major developments in each of these three markets are providing the major drivers pushing POF technology into the mainstream. Major factors behind this sharp increase in market demand are the need for lower-cost interconnections, increased performance requirements (higher speeds), introduction of digital electronics, electromagnetic noise and interference, and the development of standards. In addition, POF technology has shown dramatic developments in lower loss and higher performance, due to the recent commercialization of new perfluorinated (PF) graded index (GI) and PMMA GI fibers, and of new optical sources.
Despite the positive signs for industry growth and the development of new technologies, the industry has forgone a large untapped market for low-speed applications, which can use existing technology. There are two reasons why the low-speed market has not received industry attention:
1. Lack of industry marketing and education of the end user on how to use POF;
2. The POF Industry has chosen high-speed, more glamorous markets which haven’t gone anywhere, such as ATM for local area networks.
The plastic optical fiber (POF) data business is going through a period of extraordinary growth driven by the automotive manufacturers in Europe and by new technology development. Industrial controls and medical applications continue to be the bedrock of the industry, and they, too, are experiencing healthy growth. Unlike the telecommunications field, the POF business covers many industries and is not as vulnerable to industry downturns.
New technological developments in sources, connectors, and fibers are expanding the bandwidth-distance limits of POF into new applications. After many years of playing second fiddle to the glass optical fiber business, POF is now starting to get the recognition it deserves. Some are even saying that POF could be a disruptive technology.
Over the last year, there has been a dramatic increase in the GI-POF technology and its availability in the market. This has resulted in increased interest by component suppliers and end users. The market for short, high-speed optical links is experiencing extraordinary growth. These links are less than 100 meters, with speeds up to 20Gbps. IGI Consulting (IGIC) has developed a separate report on the “Top 40 POF Markets — Existing and Potential.†A complete Table of Contents of the report is available on the IGI Group Web site, www.igigroup.com. Since the market is still in the early stages of development, future updates of this report will cover the actual market in more detail.
E.0 Executive Summary
E.1.0 Introduction
Based on recent developments in the industrial controls, consumer electronics, and automotive applications, IGI forecasts major growth and opportunities in the Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) market. Major developments in each of these three markets are providing the major drivers pushing POF technology into the mainstream. Major factors behind this sharp increase in market demand are the need for lower-cost interconnections, increased performance requirements (higher speeds), introduction of digital electronics, electromagnetic noise and interference, and the development of standards. In addition, POF technology has shown dramatic developments in lower loss and higher performance, due to the recent commercialization of new perfluorinated (PF) graded index (GI) and PMMA GI fibers, and of new optical sources.
Despite the positive signs for industry growth and the development of new technologies, the industry has forgone a large untapped market for low-speed applications, which can use existing technology. There are two reasons why the low-speed market has not received industry attention:
1. Lack of industry marketing and education of the end user on how to use POF;
2. The POF Industry has chosen high-speed, more glamorous markets which haven’t gone anywhere, such as ATM for local area networks.
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