Strategies Unlimited is offering a special research report on mid-infrared lasers, the latest in a long series of comprehensive market reports on lasers produced by Strategies Unlimited.  The study examines the spectrum between telecom lasers and the terahertz range: from about 1.8 microns to about 15 microns.  The mid-infrared range is known for covert and eye-safe operation, for the thermal vibrations of molecules (used in sensing and thermal imaging), and for the cheap photons of high-power CO2 lasers, to name a few of the features.

Strategies Unlimited is proud to offer the 8th in a series of reports on fiber lasers and other lasers for industrial and consumer applications.  This year Strategies Unlimited expanded its coverage of the laser market to include all laser applications, both industrial and consumer.  The report builds on earlier editions covering fiber lasers and industrial lasers, as well as recent targeted reports on micro materials processing and ultrafast lasers.

HB LEDs have penetrated a variety of niche lighting applications and are beginning to be used in several white light applications that could be considered as part of the general illumination market. The market for HB LEDs in lighting amounted to $340 million in 2007, or approximately 5% of the overall HB LED market.

In vivo optical molecular imaging (OMI) is poised to move into clinical use as one of the key tools in personalized medicine, complementing more established imaging tools such as CT and MRI. Growth of equipment sales is on track to reach $400 million in 2014 and nearly $1 billion by the end of the decade.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is continuing its rapid expansion as a tool for fast, high-resolution imaging for clinical diagnostics. Systems sales grew in 2009, despite the economic crisis, with compound annual growth rate of 20% expected through 2014.

This is the 5th in a series of reports from Strategies Unlimited on image sensors and it continues to be the most comprehensive and independent study on this subject. Strategies Unlimited has followed this topic since the CMOS image sensor began its renaissance, in the mid-1990s.

The LED market has grown at an phenomenal pace over the last ten years fueled by applications in the mobile appliance sector, namely cellular handsets. Once accounting for 55% of the LED market, increasing efficiencies and a saturation of the handset market has caused this sector to now be only 45% of the LED market.

GALLIUM NITRIDE has been the subject of intensive research and product development over the past fifteen years. Since 2000, GaN research activities have intensified around the world.

This year Strategies Unlimited has again expanded its comprehensive industrial and fiber laser report to provide much more insight and precision into the applications and projections to 2013.  This report remains that most complete in the industry, now with more detail on how the market estimates were made.

The LED lighting market (packaged chips) is forecasted to grow to $1.65 billion by 2012 making this one of the fastest growing segments in the LED industry. SSL has the potential to be the next generation lighting technology and the LED lighting fixture industry is an emerging market application for packaged HB-LEDs.