Global Markets for Laser Systems, Components and Materials -- Focus on the EMEA Region

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Global Markets for Laser Systems, Components and Materials -- Focus on the EMEA Region

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REPORT SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

The generic nature of lasers' appeal also leads to interesting dilemmas. It is impossible to characterize the laser market as a whole. The picture of its market is a combination of pictures created by the dynamics of the verticals that lasers are employed in and created by the dynamics of raw materials that lasers employ. This disparity is manifested most clearly in the wide range of average selling price values of its modules depending on the application and the energy medium. These values can range from as little as a dollar to tens of thousands of dollars. It would not be out of place to mention that lasers are a fairly accurate indicator of the health of the markets at large.

This report is an attempt to list, elaborate, highlight, and analyze the multitudes of demand and supply side dynamics of lasers at large.

The report focuses on laser modules - lasers at their bare minimum. This distinction is important, as laser modules are available in varied levels of readiness for integration. Customization is the name of the game for lasers, and lasers modules are designed with a particular application in mind more often than not. This report defines a laser module as one that performs basic laser functions of light amplification and focus. The report uses the terms lasers and laser modules interchangeably. The market forecasts do not cover the metrics of the devices that lasers are eventually integrated in.

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

This study has the following goals and objectives:

Measuring and forecasting the global market size for laser modules in value (dollar sales) and volume (shipment sales) terms

Breaking down the global laser market along individual energy medium type in value and volume terms: diode, fiber, carbon dioxide, solid-state, excimer, dye, and other gas lasers

Breaking down the global laser market along individual end applications in value and volume terms: telecommunications; instrumentation and scientific research; medicine; energy, defense, and surveillance; computing and entertainment; industrial and automotive; as well as retail and others

Breaking down the global laser market along individual regions in value and volume terms: the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific (APAC)

Breaking down the global laser market along value chain contributors: active material, firing source and other components, as well as operating margins

Breaking down the market for individual laser type along individual end applications in value and volume terms: telecommunications; instrumentation and scientific research; medicine; energy, defense, and surveillance; computing and entertainment; industrial and automotive; as well as retail and others

Breaking down the market for individual laser type along individual regions in value and volume terms: the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific (APAC)

Breaking down the market for individual laser type along value chain contributors: active material, firing source and other components, as well as operating margins

Breaking down the global laser market along key individual countries in value and volume terms: USA, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey, China, Japan, India, South Korea, and Indonesia

Analyzing the stakeholder landscape in the laser value chain

Analyzing the patenting activity involving laser modules

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

In times of economic downturn, it is important to analyze the profitability of engaging in laser manufacturing ventures. This report attempts to quantify the various stages of value additions in laser revenue generation.

A study of lasers is nothing short of a complete macroeconomic analysis. This report provides a granular view of individual country markets in volume and value terms in 17 key nations spanning all global regions.

SCOPE OF THE REPORT

The report forecasts the market size for the following:

Individual laser types such as diode, fiber, carbon dioxide, solid-state, excimer, dye, and other gas lasers

The above forecasts are classified on the basis of end application vertical, geographical region and seventeen key nations on volume and value bases as well as value chain contributors on value basis.

The Executive Summary provides a snapshot of key findings of the report.

The chapter on theory of lasers and their applications introduces and explains central operating concepts of lasers and then enlists key laser applications.

The chapter on dynamics of laser types highlights differences and also identifies important common threads that run through diverse laser types.

The chapter on global markets provides a 360-degree view of the laser market quantitatively.

The chapter on regional analysis – Americas presents the overall market metrics and overview of the region followed by analyses of individual major countries such as USA, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.

The chapter on regional analysis – EMEA presents the overall market metrics and overview of the region followed by analyses of individual major countries such as Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, Russia, the Netherlands, and Turkey.

The chapter on regional analysis – APAC presents the overall market metrics and overview of the region followed by analyses of individual major countries such as China, Japan, India, South Korea, and Indonesia.

The chapter on stakeholders and value highlights stakeholder categories and analyzes their activities in this domain and clarifies where and how they fit in the larger picture.

The U.S. Patent Analysis chapter highlights the patenting activity underway in the area of laser modules. The chapter classifies the patents awarded according to categories such as carbon dioxide lasers, dye lasers, excimer lasers, fiber lasers, generic gas lasers, helium based lasers, ion lasers, quantum cascade lasers, general semiconductor lasers, solid-state lasers, and vertical cavity surface-emitting laser VCSELs.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This report will be relevant to the following:

Laser module manufacturers to analyze the market prospects for their offerings broken down by laser type, end application, geographical regions, and key country markets

Allied component suppliers to identify the sunrise and sunset technology trends among lasers

Original equipment manufacturers and other laser integrators to analyze the prospects of the laser technology employed by them in their devices, equipment and products

METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY 2

SCOPE OF THE REPORT 3

INTENDED AUDIENCE 4

METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES 4

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 5

RELATED REPORTS 5

BCC ON-LINE SERVICES 5

DISCLAIMER 6

CHAPTER TWO: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7

SUMMARY TABLE DOLLAR SALES FOR LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 7

SUMMARY FIGURE DOLLAR SALES FOR LASERS, BY REGION,

2009-2016 ($ MILLIONS) 7

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (CONTINUED) 8

SUMMARY (CONTINUED) 9

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (CONTINUED) 9

CHAPTER THREE: THEORY OF LASERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS 10

INTRODUCTION TO LASERS 10

OPERATING PRINCIPLE OF LASERS 10

POPULATION INVERSION 11

CONTINUOUS WAVE AND PULSED LASERS 12

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS 12

MODE LOCKED LASERS 13

APPLICATIONS OF LASERS 14

OPTICAL RECORDABLE MEDIA 14

LASER PRINTERS 15

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE 16

PROJECTION APPLICATIONS 16

POINTERS 16

GAS SENSORS 17

LASER MOUSE 17

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER LASERS AND

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION 17

Self Phase Modulation 18

Raman Scattering 19

Four Wave Mixing 19

FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION 19

SURGERY 19

SKIN AND TISSUE RESURFACING 19

KIDNEY STONE TREATMENT 20

CUTTING AND WELDING 20

GUIDED SYSTEMS 20

FORENSICS 20

SPEED GUNS 20

BARCODE READERS 21

HOLOGRAMS 21

THERMOMETERS 21

SPECTROSCOPY 21

MODE LOCKING APPLICATIONS 21

COHERENT CONTROL 21

COMBUSTION ENGINES 22

INDUSTRIAL SORTING 22

LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) 22

CHAPTER FOUR: DYNAMICS OF LASER TYPES 23

WHY ARE LASER TYPES IMPORTANT? 23

DIODE LASERS 24

DIODE LASERS (CONTINUED) 25

DIODE LASERS (CONTINUED) 26

DIODE LASERS (CONTINUED) 27

DIODE LASERS (CONTINUED) 28

DIODE LASERS (CONTINUED) 29

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) 30

Vertical Cavity Surface-emitting Laser … (Continued) 31

Vertical Cavity Surface-emitting Laser … (Continued) 32

FIBER LASERS 33

BENEFITS OF FIBER LASERS 33

MORPHOLOGY OF FIBER LASER 33

DOUBLE-CLAD OPTICAL FIBERS: A SPECIAL CASE FOR

FIBER LASERS 34

APPLICATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER IN FIBER

LASER 34

Application of Photonic … (Continued) 35

Benefits of Photonic Crystal Fiber Lasers over

Conventional Fiber Lasers 36

Benefits of Photonic …(Continued) 37

Photonic Crystal Fibers and Supercontinuum 38

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER 39

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER (CONTINUED) 40

SOLID-STATE LASER 41

SOLID-STATE LASER (CONTINUED) 42

SOLID-STATE LASER (CONTINUED) 43

EXCIMER LASER 44

DYE LASER 45

OTHER GAS LASERS 46

ION LASER 46

HELIUM-NEON (HENE) LASER 47

HELIUM-CADMIUM LASER 47

Helium-cadmium Laser (Continued) 48

CHAPTER FIVE: GLOBAL MARKETS 49

INTRODUCTION 49

OVERALL GLOBAL MARKET 50

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 50

TABLE 1 DOLLAR SALES FOR LASERS, BY REGION ($ MILLIONS) 50

TABLE 2 SHIPMENT SALES FOR LASERS, BY REGION, THROUGH

2016 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 51

LASER TYPE BREAKDOWN 52

TABLE 3 DOLLAR SALES FOR LASERS, BY LASER TYPE, THROUGH

2016 ($ MILLIONS) 52

TABLE 4 SHIPMENT SALES FOR LASERS, BY LASER TYPE,

THROUGH 2016 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 53

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 54

TABLE 5 DOLLAR SALES FOR LASERS, BY END APPLICATION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 54

TABLE 6 SHIPMENT SALES FOR LASERS, BY END APPLICATION,

THROUGH 2016 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 55

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 56

TABLE 7 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF LASERS,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 57

DIODE LASERS 58

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 58

TABLE 8 DOLLAR SALES FOR DIODE LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 58

TABLE 9 SHIPMENT SALES FOR DIODE LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 59

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 59

TABLE 10 DOLLAR SALES FOR DIODE LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 60

TABLE 11 SHIPMENT SALES FOR DIODE LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 61

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 62

TABLE 12 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF DIODE

LASERS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 62

FIBER LASERS 62

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 62

TABLE 13 DOLLAR SALES FOR FIBER LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 63

TABLE 14 SHIPMENT SALES FOR FIBER LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 63

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 64

TABLE 15 DOLLAR SALES FOR FIBER LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 64

TABLE 16 SHIPMENT SALES FOR FIBER LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 65

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 66

TABLE 17 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF FIBER LASERS

, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 66

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS 67

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 67

TABLE 18 DOLLAR SALES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS, BY

REGION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 67

TABLE 19 SHIPMENT SALES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS, BY

REGION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 68

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 68

TABLE 20 DOLLAR SALES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS, BY

END APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 69

TABLE 21 SHIPMENT SALES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS, BY

END APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 70

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 71

TABLE 22 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF CARBON

DIOXIDE LASERS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 71

SOLID-STATE LASERS 71

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 71

TABLE 23 DOLLAR SALES FOR SOLID-STATE LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 72

TABLE 24 SHIPMENT SALES FOR SOLID-STATE LASERS, BY

REGION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 72

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 73

TABLE 25 DOLLAR SALES FOR SOLID-STATE LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 73

TABLE 26 SHIPMENT SALES FOR SOLID-STATE LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 74

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 75

TABLE 27 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF SOLID-STATE

LASERS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 75

EXCIMER LASERS 76

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 76

TABLE 28 DOLLAR SALES FOR EXCIMER LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 76

TABLE 29 SHIPMENT SALES FOR EXCIMER LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 77

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 77

TABLE 30 DOLLAR SALES FOR EXCIMER LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 78

TABLE 31 SHIPMENT SALES FOR EXCIMER LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 79

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 79

TABLE 32 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF EXCIMER

LASERS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 80

DYE LASERS 80

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 80

TABLE 33 DOLLAR SALES FOR DYE LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 80

TABLE 34 SHIPMENT SALES FOR DYE LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 81

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 82

TABLE 35 DOLLAR SALES FOR DYE LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 82

TABLE 36 SHIPMENT SALES FOR DYE LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 83

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 84

TABLE 37 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF DYE LASERS ($

MILLIONS) 84

OTHER GAS LASERS 84

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN 84

TABLE 38 DOLLAR SALES FOR OTHER GAS LASERS, BY REGION,

THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 85

TABLE 39 SHIPMENT SALES FOR OTHER GAS LASERS, BY

REGION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 85

END APPLICATION VERTICAL BREAKDOWN 86

TABLE 40 DOLLAR SALES FOR OTHER GAS LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 86

TABLE 41 SHIPMENT SALES FOR OTHER GAS LASERS, BY END

APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 87

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 88

TABLE 42 DOLLAR VALUE CHAIN BREAKDOWN OF OTHER GAS

LASERS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 88

CHAPTER SIX: REGIONAL ANALYSIS – EMEA 89

OVERALL MARKET METRICS 89

TABLE 43 THE EMEA MARKET, BY MAJOR COUNTRY, THROUGH

2016 ($ MILLIONS) 89

TABLE 44 SHIPMENT SALES FOR LASERS TO THE EMEA REGION,

BY MAJOR COUNTRIES, THROUGH 2016 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 90

TABLE 45 DOLLAR SALES FOR LASERS TO THE EMEA REGION, BY

LASER TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS) 91

TABLE 46 SHIPMENT SALES FOR LASERS TO THE EMEA REGION,

BY LASER TYPE, THROUGH 2016 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS) 92

OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET 93

MAJOR COUNTRY PROFILES 93

GERMANY 94

Laser Market, Innovations and Developments 94

TABLE 47 MARKET FOR LASERS IN GERMANY, THROUGH 2016 94