ElectroniCast forecast predicts SOA consumption to reach $260 million by 2005
Source: ElectroniCast
San Mateo, Calif. According to ElectroniCast, global consumption of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) will expand from $48 million in 2000 to $260 million by 2005. Primary near term use of these devices will be as optical switch elements in telecommunication photonic switches for optical cross connects and in wavelength division multiplex links and other digital fiber optic transmission applications. Total telecommunication SOA consumption will reach 47 percent or $122 million by 2005, as outlined in Figure1.
Laboratory field test and built-in instrumentation also will be a major SOA user, with 38 percent value share in 2000, declining to a 24 percent share, $62.4 million, by 2005. Optical line amplifiers will lead long-term use of SOAs in the 2005-2010 period with a 54 percent value share in 2000, receding to 46 percent or $118 million by 2005.
The North American consumption of semiconductor optical amplifiers will rise from $31.3 million in 2000 to $147.1 million in 2005. The leading application for these SOAs by 2010 will be within photonic switch matrices. This use will be almost matched by amplifiers for local access WDM networks, laboratory instrumentation and military/aerospace data links. The Japan/Pacific Rim consumption share will reach 9 percent or $24 million by 2005. A major portion of North American consumption will consist of SOAs imported from Europe.
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E-mail: electronicast@msn.com
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