Mid Infrared (IR) Sensors Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, 2012 to 2018

Table of Contents

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Executive Summary 

 

Mid IR Sensors Executive Summary  ES-1

Mid-Infrared (IR) Laser Sensor Systems  ES-1

Mid-Infrared (IR) Laser Sensors Are Able To

Measure Change In Device Condition, Chemistry,

Or Temperature  ES-2

Turnkey Mid-Infrared Laser Sensor Systems Are

Based On Technology That Goes From 3-12 m   ES-3

Mid IR Sensor Market Driving Forces  ES-3

Mid IR Sensor Market Shares  ES-6

Mid IR Sensor Market Forecasts  ES-8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

1. Mid IR Sensor Market Description and Market Dynamics  1-1

1.1   Infrared Spectroscopy  1-1

1.1.1    FTIR Spectroscopy Used To Establish

Purity Of Chemical Compounds  1-2

1.1.2    Applications of Infrared Sensing Thermopiles  1-3

1.1.3    Preventive and Predictive Maintenance  1-3

1.1.4    Residential Control Systems  1-4

1.1.5    White Goods (Home Appliances) 1-4

1.1.6    Medical and Health  1-5

1.1.7    Industrial Process Control 1-5

1.1.8    Security and Surveillance  1-5

1.1.9    Mid-Infrared Sensor Applications Discussion  1-6

1.1.10  IBM Integrated Product Change Management 1-8

1.2   Mid IR Sensors  1-14

1.2.1    Positioned To Provide Wavelength Tunability

And High Optical Power 1-15

1.2.2    ECqcL Expressed As A QC Semiconductor Chip  1-17

1.2.3    Advances Of Mid-Infrared Based Trace Gas Sensor 1-19

1.3   Semiconductor Diode Lasers Operating At

Midwave-Infrared (Mid-IR) Wavelengths  1-20

1.4   Infrared Semiconductor Lasers  1-22

1.4.1    Test Applications For Mid IR Sensors  1-24

1.5   Smart Sensors Replace Expensive Building Control Systems  1-26

1.5.1    Building Control Standardization  1-27

1.6   Biomedical And Chemical Mid-IR Spr Based Sensor  1-27

1.6.1    Development Of Mid-Infrared Surface Plasmon  1-28

1.6.2    Sensors Utilizing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) 1-28

1.7   Miniaturized Mid-Infrared Sensor Technologies Trends  1-29

1.7.1    Mid IR Waveguides  1-33

1.7.2    Miniaturized IR Gas Sensors  1-34

1.8   Emerging New Fields of Mid IR Sensor

Application And Outlook  1-35

1.9   Sol-Gel-Coated Mid-Infrared Fiber-Optic Sensors  1-38

1.10     Magnetic Nanoparticle Mid-Infrared Pathogen

Sensor for Food Matrixes  1-41

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

2. Mid IR Sensors Market Shares and Market Forecasts  2-1

2.1   Mid-Infrared (IR) Laser Sensor Systems  2-1

2.1.1    Mid-Infrared (IR) Laser Sensors Are Able To Measure Change In Device Condition, Chemistry, Or Temperature  2-2

2.1.2    Turnkey Mid-Infrared Laser Sensor Systems Are Based On Technology That Goes From 3-12 m   2-3

2.1.3    Mid IR Sensor Market Driving Forces  2-3

2.2   Mid IR Sensor Market Shares  2-6

2.2.1    FLIR Systems Multi-Sensor Mission Equipment 2-9

2.2.2    FLIR Mid IR Sensors  2-9

2.2.3    FLIR Building Inspection  2-9

2.2.4    FLIR Infrared Detector Design Manufacturing  2-10

2.2.5    FLIR Sensing Materials  2-10

2.2.6    SenseAir 2-10

2.2.7    SenseAir Carbon Dioxide Sensors  2-11

2.2.8    Senseair Test & Measurement Carbon Dioxide Sensors  2-13

2.2.9    SenseAir(Non-dispersive Infra-Red) Technology  2-14

2.2.10  Structured Materials Industries  2-14

2.2.11  Daylight Solutions FTIR Spectroscopy  2-14

2.2.12  Daylight Solutions Broadly Tunable,

Room-Temperature, Mid-IR Laser 2-15

2.2.13  Sofradir 2-16

2.2.14  Sofradir 2-16

2.2.15  Sofradir 2-17

2.2.16  JonDeTech  2-17

2.2.17  Maxion Technologies  2-25

2.2.18  Thermo Fischer Scientific / NovaWave Technologies  2-27

2.2.19  Thermo Fischer Scientific / NovaWave  2-28

2.2.20  Power Technology Quantum-Cascade Mid IR Lasers  2-28

2.2.21  Agiltron  2-29

2.2.22  Aerocrine  2-30

2.2.23  Bosch  2-31

2.2.24  Block Engineering  2-31

2.2.25  II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ: IIVI) 2-32

2.2.26  MIRTHE Center 2-33

2.2.27  Infrared Fiber Systems Infrared Transmitting

Fibers Medical Market 2-34

2.2.28  M Squared Next-Generation Bio-Medical Lasers Firefly-IR   2-35

2.2.29  Raytheon and Lockheed Market For Mid-Infrared Lasers  2-36

2.2.30  Market Consolidatioon of Mid IR Sensor Companies  2-36

2.3   Mid IR Sensor Market Forecasts  2-37

2.3.1    Military / Airline / Space / Defense Mid Infrared (IR)

Sensors Market Forecasts  2-41

2.3.2    Smart Building Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Markets  2-43

2.3.3    FLIR Building Inspection  2-44

2.3.4    Mid IR sensors Smart Grid and

Smart Building Market Forecasts  2-47

2.3.5    Sensors and Automation  2-50

2.3.6    Applications and Benefits  2-51

2.3.7    MID IR Sensor Analysis  2-53

2.3.8    Military Mid IR Sensor Market Forecasts  2-55

2.3.9    Homeland Security Mid IR Sensors  2-57

2.3.10  Law Enforcement Mid IR Sensor Market Forecasts, 2-60

2.3.11  Smart Electrical Grid Moves to Electronics and

Sensors from Purely Mechanical Infrastructure  2-61

2.3.12  Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensing  2-61

2.3.13  Smart Grid Networking  2-63

2.3.14  Healthcare Mid IR Sensor Breath Analysis Market Forecasts  2-65

2.3.15  Mid Infrared IR Sensor Technologies Basis For IR Sensing  2-68

2.3.16  Nanoparticles The Base For Mid IR Sensor Evolution  2-69

2.3.17  Miniaturization Significant For The

Development Of Mid IR Applications  2-70

2.4   Mid IR Sensor Market Opportunity Overview   2-71

2.4.1    Molecular Responses Across the MIR Spectrum   2-77

2.4.2    Technology Options Available in Mid IR   2-78

2.4.3    Diagrams To Illustrate The Technologies  2-81

2.4.4    Comparison of Technology Options  2-86

2.4.5    Products, In Which MIR Sensors Are Actually Deployed  2-87

2.4.6    Market Trends & Key Companies  2-87

2.4.7    Key Applications/Products Used By The Military  2-89

2.4.8    Potential Technologies and Applications of MIR Sensors  2-91

2.4.9    Key Developments Are Required To Make The

Potential Applications Into Real Markets  2-92

2.4.10  Market Segment Analysis  2-94

2.4.11  Characteristics Required  2-98

2.4.12  Building a Robust Data Sensor Network Integration Layer 2-99

2.5   Smarter Planet Market Shares and Forecasts  2-100

2.5.1    IBM Imperatives For A Smarter Planet 2-104

2.5.2    IBM Positions To Support Sensor Networks  2-106

2.5.3    IBM Jazz.net 2-110

2.5.4    Smarter Planet Market Forecasts  2-110

2.5.5    Smarter Planet Software Market Industry Segment Forecasts  2-112

2.5.6    Smarter Planet Market Segment Forecasts  2-115

2.5.7    Link Between SOA and MIR sensors  2-116

2.5.8    SOA Used to Connect Mid IR Sensor

Information to Analytical Software  2-116

2.5.9    Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) Market Driving Forces  2-120

2.5.1    Advantages Offered By SOA   2-121

2.5.2    Services Oriented Architecture SOA Market Shares  2-124

2.5.3    IBM SOA Dominates the Industry  2-126

2.5.4    Building a Robust Data Sensor Network Integration Layer 2-127

2.5.5    SOA Network Sensor Market Segment 2-128

2.5.6    Mid IR Sensor Enabled Device Market Driving Forces  2-128

2.5.7    SOA Market Shares  2-131

2.6   Mid IR Sensor Sample Prices  2-132

2.6.1    SenseAir® NDIR (Non-dispersive Infra-Red) Technology  2-132

2.6.2    MIRTHE Prototype QC Laser Based Sensors  2-132

2.6.3    JonDeTech  2-134

2.6.4    Aerocrine  2-135

2.7   Mid IR Sensor Regional Shipments  2-136

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Product Description  

 

3. Mid IR Sensors Product Description   3-1

3.1   FLIR   3-1

3.1.1    FLIR Building Inspection  3-1

3.1.2    FLIR Gas Detection  3-2

3.1.3    FLIR Emerging Markets  3-2

3.1.4    FLIR Technology  3-3

3.1.5    FLIR System Design and Integration  3-4

3.1.6    FLIR Sensing Materials  3-4

3.1.7    FLIR Lasers and Laser Components  3-5

3.1.8    FLIR Tactical Platforms  3-5

3.1.9    FLIR Tau Outputs NTSC Video  3-7

3.1.10  FLIR Mid IR Sensors  3-13

3.1.11  FLIR Government Systems Airborne MEP  3-17

3.1.12  FLIR Government Systems Airborne - Talon  3-17

3.1.13  FLIR Government Systems Unmanned –

Star SAFIRE QWIP  3-17

3.1.14  FLIR Government Systems Unmanned –

Star SAFIRE III  3-18

3.1.15  FLIR Government Systems Unmanned TacFLIR II  3-18

3.1.16  FLIR Government Systems - Products –

Maritime - Star SAFIRE III  3-19

3.1.17  FLIR Government Systems - Products –

Maritime - SeaFLIR II  3-19

3.1.18  FLIR Government Systems - Products –

Land - RWSS  3-19

3.1.19  FLIR Government Systems - Products –

Land - WideEye II  3-20

3.1.20  FLIR Government Systems Force Protection  3-20

3.1.21  FLIR EO/IR   3-20

3.2   Daylight Solutions  3-21

3.2.1    Daylight Solutions Lasers For Gas Sensing Instrumentation  3-26

3.2.2    Daylight Solutions Mid-IR HgCdTe Detectors  3-27

3.2.3    Daylight Solutions Thermal Laser Pointers  3-28

3.2.4    Daylight Solutions Tunable Laser 3-29

3.2.5    Daylight Solutions Broadly Tunable,

Room-Temperature, Mid-IR Laser 3-33

3.2.6    Daylight Solutions Mid-IR   3-37

3.2.7    Daylight Solutions Fixed Wavelength Pulsed and CW

Mid-Infrared Lasers  3-42

3.2.8    Daylight Solutions Mid-IR HgCdTe Detectors  3-44

3.2.9    Daylight Solutions Room-Temperature, Low-Noise

Amplified MCT Detector Core Technology  3-46

3.2.10  Daylight Solutions Digital Object Identifier 3-48

3.2.11  Power Technology Applications  3-49

3.2.12  Daylight Solutions Power Technology Sensors

Integrated With Wireless Capability  3-51

3.2.13  Daylight Solutions Power Technology ECqcL

 Used For Illumination Applications  3-52

3.3   SenseAir  3-52

3.3.1    Senseair Carbon Dioxide  3-57

3.3.2    Senseair Test & Measurement Carbon Dioxide Sensors  3-58

3.3.3    Senseair Temperature Proportional To Carbon Dioxide Level 3-59

3.3.4    SenseAir Collaborates With Ventilation Systems Suppliers  3-61

3.3.5    SenseAir Measurement Platform Has Intelligence  3-62

3.3.6    SenseAir Carbon Dioxide Sensors  3-62

3.3.7    SenseAir has Collaborated With Autoliv

Development and Hök Instrument in Developing The

 Next Generation Of Driver Alcohol Detection Systems  3-64

3.4   Sensor Switch Occupancy Sensor Products  3-66

3.4.1    Sensor Switch Technology Engineering Driven Company  3-69

3.4.2    Sensor Switch Passive Infrared  3-70

3.5   Structured Materials Industries  3-70

3.5.1    Structured Materials Industries SpinCVDJ

Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition  3-70

3.6   Block Engineering Quantum Cascade Laser Products  3-71

3.6.1    Block Engineering Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL)

LaserScan™    3-76

3.6.2    Block Engineering Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL)

LaserScope™    3-77

3.7   Sofradir  3-79

3.7.1    Sofradir EPSILON MW    3-86

3.7.2    Sofradir ROIC Modes: 3-89

3.8   Ekips Technologies  3-95

3.8.1    Ekips Technologies Breathmeter 3-95

3.8.2    Ekips Technologies Lasers  3-96

3.8.3    Ekips Technologies Laser Spectrometers  3-97

3.8.4    Ekips Technologies Mid-Infrared Lasers  3-97

3.8.5    Ekips Technologies Challenge In Quantifying

Chemical Molecules  3-99

3.9   JonDeTech AB   3-99

3.9.1    JonDeTech AB Applications of Infrared

Sensing Thermopiles  3-100

3.9.2    JonDeTech AB Preventive and Predictive Maintenance  3-101

3.9.3    JonDeTech Thermopile Products  3-102

3.9.4    JonDeTech Surface Mount Plastic Thermopiles  3-109

3.9.5    JonDeTech Thermopiles  3-110

3.9.6    JonDeTech Horizontal Thermocouple  3-111

3.9.7    JonDeTech Advantage Of Nanotechnology

Vertical Thermocouple  3-112

3.10     Micropelt Energy Harvesting: 3-116

3.10.1  Micropelt Two Micro Thermogenerators In Series  3-116

3.10.2  Micropelt Thermoharvester 3-117

3.11     EnOcean  3-119

3.11.1  EnOcean ECT 310 - Thermo Energy Harvesting  3-121

3.11.2  EnOcean Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Solutions  3-123

3.12     Agiltron  3-124

3.12.1  Agiltron Infrared Detector Products  3-128

3.12.2  Agiltron Lead Sulfide Infrared Detector Array  3-133

3.12.3  Agiltron Lead Selenide Infrared Detectors  3-133

3.12.4  Agiltron Lead Selenide Infrared (Pbse) Detector Array  3-133

3.13     Mirthe Mid IR Sensor Breath Analyzers  3-134

3.13.1  Mirthe Engineered Systems for Mid-IR

Laser Absorption Spectroscopy  3-134

3.13.2  Mirthe Strategic 3-Level Framework  3-138

3.14     Cascade Technologies  3-140

3.14.1  Cascade Technologies  CT2100 –

OnStack Multigas Analyser 3-141

3.14.2  Cascade Technologies  CT3400 –

Extractive Multigas Analyser 3-144

3.14.3  Cascade Technologies  Revolutionary Technology  3-144

3.14.4  Cascade Technology Implementation  3-146

3.15     Physical Sciences / Maxion  3-148

3.15.1  Maxion Technologies Infrared Semiconductor Lasers  3-153

3.15.2  Maxion Technologies Turn-Key Mid-IR Laser Systems  3-154

3.15.3  Maxion Technologies Turn-Key Mid-IR Laser

Quantum Cascade (QC) and Interband Cascade (IC) Sensors  3-155

3.15.4  Maxion Distributed Feedback (DFB) Single-Mode

and Fabry-Perot (FP) Multi-Mode Lasers  3-157

3.15.5  Maxion C-Mount and NS-Mount Lasers  3-159

3.16     VIASPACE Ionfinity  3-162

3.16.1  VIASPACE Ionfinity Soft Ionization Membrane  3-164

3.17     Power Technology Quantum-Cascade Lasers  3-165

3.17.1  Power Technology Quantum-Cascade

Lasers Blue, Violet, & UV Diode Lasers  3-170

3.17.2  Power Technology Infrared Viewing Devices  3-172

3.17.3  Power Technology Laser Modules for OEM    3-178

3.18     M Squared Next-Generation Bio-Medical Lasers  3-181

3.18.1  M Squared Lasers Firefly-IR   3-182

3.18.2  M Squared Lasers Firefly-THz  3-185

3.18.3  M Squared Firefly-THz: Compact, Widely Tunable,

Pulsed Terahertz Laser Source  3-187

3.18.4  M Squared Lasers Product Families  3-188

3.18.5  M Squared ICE-BLOC® Photonic Controllers  3-188

3.18.6  M Squared Laser Systems  3-188

3.18.7  M Squared Dependable Innovation  3-189

3.18.8  M Squared SolsTiS™: Ultracompact, Widely

Tunable, Narrow Linewidth CW Ti:Sapphire Laser 3-189

3.19     Thermo Fischer Scientific / NovaWave Technologies  3-190

3.19.1  NASA Applications For Compact UV Laser-

Based Sensor Instrument 3-191

3.19.2  Novawave Technology Mid-Infrared

Laser Source Real-time, Multispecies Greenhouse Gas Sensor 3-192

3.19.3  Novawave Technology Canary in a Beam Line  3-192

3.19.4  Novawave Technology Quasi-Phase-Matched

DFG Lasers for Sensing  3-193

3.20     GE Sensors  3-196

3.20.1  GE Wireless Sensor Networks  3-196

3.20.2  GE Applications for Wireless Sensor Networks  3-198

3.21     PNNL Electronics and Systems Integration  3-199

3.22     Hamamatsu  3-202

3.22.1  Hamamatsu Infrared Detector 3-202

3.22.2  Hamamatsu QCL for Continuous Wave

Operation At Room Temperature  3-205

3.22.3  Hamamatsu Laser 3-205

3.23     AdTech Optics  3-207

3.24     Opto Solutions  3-208

3.24.1  Opto Solutions  -  IR Photonics  3-209

3.25     Sentinel Photonics  3-212

3.26     ILX Lightwave  3-215

3.27     Aerocrine  3-217

 

 

 

 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Technology 

 

4. Mid IR Sensor Technology  4-1

4.1   Infrared Technology Overview   4-1

4.1.1    Daylight Solutions Core Technology  4-2

4.2   Mid-infrared (mid-IR) Laser Spectroscopy  4-5

4.2.1    Application of Infrared Lasers to

Nanosecond Time-Resolved Condensed-Phase Samples  4-5

4.3   Remote Detection Of Mines  4-6

4.4   Thermopiles  4-7

4.4.1    JonDeTech: Vertical VS. Horizontal

Thermopile Lead Configuration  4-7

4.5   Nanoparticle Dispersions  4-10

4.5.1    Aqueous Dispersions  4-10

4.5.2    JonDeTechs Thermopiles Based On Nanotechnology  4-11

4.5.3    Nanotechnolgy Particle Size In The Range Of 1-100

Nanometers  4-13

4.5.4    Nanoparticles  4-13

4.5.5    Silicon In A Battery Swells As It Absorbs Lithium Atoms  4-15

4.5.6    Different Shapes Of The Same Material Create

Different Characteristics  4-16

4.5.7    Optical Properties Integrated Into New Mid IR

Sensor Technology  4-17

4.6   Mid IR Laser Laser Emits A Narrow Range Of Wavelengths  4-18

4.6.1    Interband Cascade Laser (ICL) Based Spectroscopic

Trace-Gas Sensor Provides For Simultaneous Detection Of

 Two Atmospheric Trace Gases  4-20

4.6.2    Narrow Band Gap Semiconductor Laser Diodes  4-21

4.7   IBM Microscope 100 Million Times Finer

Resolution Than Current MRI  4-22

4.7.1    IBM Research  4-24

4.7.2    Technological Trends in Microscopy  4-25

4.8   Battery Technology for Mid IR Sensors  4-27

4.8.1    Battery Chemistries Technology  4-28

4.9   Breath Analyzers Detect Disease  4-31

4.10     Improving Biomaterials For Medical Implant Applications  4-32

4.10.1  Bioactive Materials  4-33

4.10.2  Forming A Chemical Bond With Bone  4-34

4.10.3  Bioactivity Increased Through Surface Modification  4-35

4.10.4  Biofilms Multilayered Colonies Of Bacteria  4-35

4.10.5  Biofilm Formation  4-36

4.10.6  Biofilms As A Major Contributor To Chronic Wounds  4-37

4.10.7  Acute or Chronic Infection in Some Biomaterial Applications  4-38

4.10.8  Biomaterials Research  4-41

4.11     QC Technology  4-41

4.11.1  Components of an ECqcL   4-43

4.12     Schematic of Mid-Infrared Trace Gas Sensor  4-44

4.13     Mid-IR Sensors Standards  4-49

4.14     Driving Forces For Building Automation  4-50

4.15     Near IR Night Vision Sensors  4-52

4.15.1  Sensor Based Threat Detection  4-53

4.16     Mid-IR Non-Invasive Medical Systems  4-56

4.17     University of Oklahoma High-Tech Breath Test 4-57

4.17.1  Nanotechnology Improves Laser Performance  4-59

4.17.2  Nanotechnology Breath Analyzer For Kidney Failure  4-60

4.18     Physical Vapor Nanoparticle Synthesis  4-60

4.18.1  Nanophase Vapor Development Process  4-63

4.18.2  Nanoparticle Coatings - Discrete Particle Encapsulation  4-64

4.18.3  Nanoparticle Vapor Organic Dispersions  4-66

4.19     MIRTHE Roadmap  4-67

4.19.1  Near IR Laser Sensors: 4-69

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Company Profiles 

 

5. Mid Infrared (IR) Sensors Company Profiles  5-1

5.1   AdTechoptics  5-1

5.2   Aerocrine  5-2

5.3   Alpes Lasers / ALTechnologies  5-3

5.3.1    Laser diodes  5-3

5.4   Block Engineering  5-4

5.4.1    Block Positioned To Expand Its Commercial Markets  5-5

5.4.2    Block Engineering Contracts  5-6

5.4.3    Block Engineering LaserScan™ Analyzer 5-6

5.4.4    Block Engineering: Developer Of High Performance

QCL and FT-IR Spectrometers  5-7

5.4.5    Block MEMS Receives $4.5 Million Development

Contract for MEMS Gas Sensor 5-8

5.5   Bosch  5-10

5.5.1    Bosch Building Automation  5-11

5.5.2    Bosch Carbon Dioxide Ventilation IR Sensors  5-12

5.5.3    Bosch Motion Detectors  5-12

5.5.4    Bosch Smart Sensors Simplify  5-13

5.6   Cymbet 5-16

5.6.1    Cymbet Team: 5-16

5.6.2    Cymbet Investors: 5-16

5.6.3    Cymbet Partners, Sales and Distribution: 5-18

5.6.4    Cymbet Manufacturing: 5-18

5.6.5    Cymbet to Open World's Highest Volume

Solid-State Battery Manufacturing Facility  5-18

5.6.6    Cymbet Partnering with X-FAB   5-19

5.6.7    Cymbet / X-FAB, Inc. 5-19

5.6.8    Cymbet Expanding in Minnesota  5-19

5.6.9    Cymbet / LEDA   5-20

5.6.10  Distribution Agreement EnerChip™

Eco-friendly Solid State Batteries  5-20

5.6.11  Cymbet EVAL-09 Utilizes Harnessing Ambient Energy  5-21

5.6.12  Cymbet Secures $31 Million in Private Financing  5-22

5.7   Daylight Solutions  5-22

5.7.1    $15Million Equity for Daylight Includes

Northrop Grumman Funds  5-23

5.7.2    Daylight Solutions Manufacturing Expansion  5-24

5.7.3    Daylight Solutions Collaborations  5-25

5.8   Digi International 5-26

5.8.1    Digi International Revenue  5-26

5.8.2    Digi International Business Highlights: 5-28

5.9   Directed Vapor Technology  5-29

5.9.1    Directed Vapor Deposition Next Generation

Coating Technology  5-29

5.10     Dust Networks  5-31

5.10.1  Dust Networks Self-Powered IPV6 Wireless

Sensor Network  5-31

5.11     EnOcean GmbH   5-33

5.11.1  EnOcean Technology  5-35

5.12     Ekips Technologies  5-36

5.13     Elliot Scientific  5-37

5.14     Finmeccanica  5-38

5.14.1  Finmeccanica  /  SELEX Galileo  5-38

5.14.2  SELEX Galileo Inc. 5-39

5.14.3  SELEX Galileo Technologies  5-39

5.15     Ferro Solutions  5-41

5.15.1  Ferro Solutions  5-44

5.16     Flexible Electronics Concepts  5-48

5.17     FLIR   5-49

5.17.1  FLIR Training  5-53

5.17.2  FLIR Sales and Distribution  5-53

5.17.3  FLIR Sensor Systems  5-54

5.17.4  FLIR Systems Thermography Products  5-55

5.17.5  FLIR Systems Infrared Technology  5-56

5.17.6  FLIR Systems  5-56

5.17.7  FLIR Systems  5-57

5.17.8  FLIR Systems Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results  5-58

5.17.9  FLIR Systems  5-59

5.17.10 FLIR Systems, INC. Revenue  5-62

5.17.11 FLIR Systems Segment Operating Results  5-64

5.17.12 FLIR Systems Thermal Vision and Measurement 5-64

5.17.13 FLIR Systems Raymarine  5-65

5.17.14 FLIR Systems Surveillance  5-65

5.17.15 FLIR Systems Detection Revenue  5-66

5.17.16 FLIR Systems Integrated Systems Revenue  5-66

5.17.17 FLIR Systems Competitive Strengths  5-67

5.17.18 FLIR Systems Commercial Operating Model 5-67

5.17.19 FLIR Systems Vertically Integrated Manufacturing  5-67

5.17.20 FLIR Systems Industry-Leading Market Position  5-68

5.17.21 FLIR Systems Broad Product Line  5-69

5.17.22 FLIR Systems Internally-Funded Innovation  5-69

5.17.23 FLIR Systems Diverse Customer Base  5-70

5.17.24 FLIR Systems Global Distribution Capabilities  5-70

5.17.25 FLIR Systems Growth Strategies  5-71

5.17.26 FLIR Systems Continually Reduces Costs  5-73

5.17.27 FLIR Systems Expands Global Reach  5-73

5.17.28 FLIR Systems Builds Application Awareness and Brand  5-74

5.17.29 FLIR Systems Complement Core

Competencies with Strategic Acquisitions  5-75

5.17.30 FLIR Acquires Aerius Photonics, LLC   5-75

5.17.31 FLIR Radiometry  5-75

5.17.32 FLIR Predictive Maintenance  5-76

5.17.33 FLIR Research & Development Applications  5-76

5.17.34 FLIR Manufacturing Process Control 5-77

5.17.35 FLIR Mechanical Engineering  5-77

5.17.36 FLIR Infrared Detector Design Manufacturing  5-78

5.17.37 FLIR Integrated Circuits and Electronic Design  5-78

5.17.38 FLIR Software Development 5-78

5.17.39 FLIR Motion Control Systems  5-78

5.17.40 FLIR Optical Design, Fabrication and Coating  5-79

5.17.41 FLIR Micro-Coolers  5-79

5.18     GE Sensors  5-79

5.18.1  GE Wireless Sensor Networks  5-79

5.18.2  GE Applications for Wireless Sensor Networks  5-81

5.19     Hamamatsu  5-82

5.19.1  Hamamatsu Electron Tube Division  5-83

5.19.2  Hamamatsu Solid State Division  5-83

5.19.3  Hamamatsu Systems Division  5-83

5.19.4  Hamamatsu Laser Group  5-83

5.19.5  Hamamatsu Optical Communication Group  5-84

5.19.6  Hamamatsu Central Research Laboratory  5-84

5.19.7  Hamamatsu Tsukuba Research Laboratory  5-84

5.19.8  Hamamatsu Sports Photonics Laboratory  5-84

5.19.9  Hamamatsu PET Center 5-84

5.19.10 Hamamatsu Revenue  5-85

5.20     II-VI incorporated / Marlow Industries  5-86

5.20.1  II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ: IIVI) 5-87

5.20.2  II-VI Revenue  5-89

5.20.3  II-VI / Aegis Lightwave  5-90

5.20.4  II-VI Incorporated / Marlow Infrared And

Near-Infrared Laser Optical Elements  5-91

5.20.5  II-VI incorporated / Marlow Production Operations  5-91

5.20.6  II-VI incorporated / Marlow Primary Products  5-92

5.20.7  II-VI incorporated / Marlow Markets  5-93

5.20.8  II-VI Infrared Optics Market 5-95

5.20.9  II-VI One-Micron Laser Market. 5-96

5.20.10 II-VI Near-Infrared Optics Market. 5-96

5.20.11 II-VI Thermoelectric Market 5-98

5.21     ILX Lightwave  5-101

5.21.1  ILX Lightwave Product Innovation  5-102

5.22     IPG Photonics  5-102

5.22.1  IPG Photonics Revenue  5-103

5.23     Johnson Controls Sensor Products  5-105

5.23.1  Johnson Controls Valve Products  5-108

5.24     JonDeTech  5-109

5.25     Kidde Products Limited / Airsense Technology  5-110

5.26     Lockheed-Martin  5-113

5.26.1  Lockheed Martin Corp  5-114

5.26.2  Lockheed Martin Customer Base: 5-114

5.26.3  Lockheed Martin Organization: 5-114

5.26.4  Lockheed Martin Financial Performance: 5-115

5.26.5  Lockheed Martin Receives $260 Million

M-TADS/PNVS Production Contract 5-115

5.26.6  Lockheed Martin F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System   5-116

5.26.7  Lockheed Martin  5-116

5.26.8  Lockheed Martin Defense Department Positioning  5-118

5.26.9  US Navy awards Lockheed Martin contract to

Pioneer Technology To Efficiently Manage Groups Of

Unmanned Vehicles  5-123

5.27     M Squared  5-124

5.27.1  M Squared Next-Generation Bio-Medical Lasers  5-125

5.27.2  M Squared Lasers Firefly-IR   5-126

5.27.3  M Squared Lasers Firefly-THz  5-129

5.27.4  M Squared Firefly-THz: Compact,

Widely Tunable, Pulsed Terahertz Laser Source  5-131

5.27.5  M Squared Lasers Product Families  5-131

5.27.6  M Squared ICE-BLOC® Photonic Controllers  5-132

5.27.7  M Squared Laser Systems  5-132

5.27.8  M Squared Dependable Innovation  5-132

5.27.9  M Squared SolsTiS™: Ultracompact, Widely Tunable, Narrow Linewidth CW Ti:Sapphire Laser 5-133

5.28     MIRTHE (Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment) National Science Foundation

Engineering Research Center  5-133

5.29     Mirthe Mid IR Sensor Breath Analyzers  5-134

5.29.1  Mirthe Engineered Systems for Mid-IR Laser

Absorption Spectroscopy  5-134

5.29.2  Mirthe Strategic 5-Level Framework  5-138

5.30     Nanophase Technologies  5-140

5.30.1  Nanomaterials Technology Energy  5-140

5.30.2  Nanomaterials Technology Aluminum Oxide  5-140

5.30.3  Nanomaterials Technology  5-141

5.30.4  Nanomaterials Technology Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results  5-141

5.31     Opto Solutions  5-143

5.32     Physical Sciences Inc. / Maxion Technologies  5-145

5.32.1  Maxion Technologies  5-145

5.32.2  Maxion and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County  5-147

5.33     PNNL Electronics and Systems Integration  5-148

5.34     Power Technology  5-152

5.35     Raytheon  5-154

5.35.1  Raytheon Innovation  5-155

5.35.2  Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) 5-156

5.35.3  Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) 5-156

5.35.4  Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS) 5-157

5.35.5  Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) 5-158

5.35.6  Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) 5-159

5.35.7  Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) 5-159

5.36     SenseAir  5-160

5.37     Sensor Switch  5-161

5.38     Sentinel Photonics  5-162

5.39     Sofradir  5-163

5.39.1  Sofradir: Leader in cooled and uncooled IR detectors  5-163

5.39.2  Sofradir Subsidiary ULIS SAS  5-164

5.39.3  Sofradir / Electrophysics  5-164

5.39.4  Sofradir Infrared Company  5-164

5.39.5  Sofradir awarded multi-million Euro MUSIS/CSO

Infrared contract 5-166

5.40     Structured Materials Industries  5-168

5.40.1  Structured Materials SMI Products  5-170

5.40.2  Structured Materials SMI Customer Advantage  5-171

5.41     Thermo Fischer Scientific / NovaWave Technologies  5-171

5.41.1  Thermo Fisher Scientific Revenue  5-172

5.41.2  Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquired Laser-Based Gas Detection Company NovaWave Technologies  5-173

5.41.3  NovaWave Selected for CPP Participation  5-175

5.41.4  Thermo Fischer Scientific / NovaWave Technologies  5-176

5.42     VIASPACE / Ionfinity  5-176

5.42.1  VIASPACE / Ionfinity Product Focus  5-178

5.42.2  VIASPACE / Ionfinity Next-Generation Chemical Analysis  5-180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Tables and Figures

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Executive Summary 

 

Table ES-1  ES-4

Mid IR Sensor Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-2  ES-5

Technologies Impacting Mid IR Sensor Market

Figure ES-3  ES-7

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Shares, Dollars,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Figure ES-4  ES-8

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Shipments, Market

Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

Table 1-1  1-9

IBM Integrated Product Change Management

Market Driving Forces 

Figure 1-2  1-10

IBM Definition of Smarter Computing 

Figure 1-3  1-21

Interband-Cascade (IC) Lasers 

Table 1-4  1-23

Commercialization Of Mid And Long-Wavelength

(3-12 Microns) Infrared Semiconductor Lasers 

Table 1-4  (Continued) 1-24

Commercialization Of Mid And Long-Wavelength

(3-12 Microns) Infrared Semiconductor Lasers 

Table 1-5  1-32

Mid IR Sensing Systems Components 

Table 1-6  1-37

Applications For Mid IR Sensing 

Table 1-7  1-39

Mid-Infrared Fiber-Optic Sensor Characteristics 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

Table 2-1  2-4

Mid IR Sensor Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-2  2-5

Technologies Impacting Mid IR Sensor Market

Figure 2-3  2-7

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Shares, Dollars,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Figure 2-4  2-8

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Figure 2-5  2-12

Senseair NDIR (Non-dispersive Infra-Red) technology 

Table 2-6  2-19

Key Features Of The JonDeTech Thermopile 

Table 2-7  2-20

JonDeTech Thermopile Sensor Flexibility 

Table 2-8  2-21

JonDeTech Thermopile Sensor Characteristics  21

Figure 2-9  2-22

Surface Mount Plastic Thermopile Layers 

Figure 2-10  2-23

Surface Mount Plastic Thermopile 

Figure 2-11  2-24

Surface Mount Plastic Thermopile 

Table 2-12  2-26

Maxion Technologies Mid IR Sensor Laser products

Revenue Base Areas 

Figure 2-13  2-38

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Shipments, Market Forecasts,

Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Table 2-14  2-39

Mid IR Sensor Total Market Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-15  2-40

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Shipments, Units, Worldwide,

Market Forecasts, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-16  2-41

Military / Airline / Space / Defense Mid Infrared (IR)

Sensors Shipments Market Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Table 2-17  2-43

Smart Building Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Uses 

Table 2-18  2-44

Smart Building Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Segments 

Figure 2-19  2-45

Smart Building Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Shipments

 Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-20  2-46

Smart City Mid IR Sensor Shipments Market Forecasts,

Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-21  2-53

MIRTHE Compound and Vibrational Absorption Analysis 

Figure 2-22  2-54

Mirthe Assessment of QC Laser Based Sensor Challenges 

Table 2-23  2-72

Power Technology Mid IR Sensor Applications 

Table 2-24  2-74

Technology Mid IR Sensor Applications 

Table 2-25  2-79

Mid IR Technology Quantum-Cascade Lasers Features 

Figurev2-26  2-81

Daylight Solutions' Core Technology 

Figure 2-27  2-82

Senseair Carbon Dioxide Sensors 

Figure 2-28  2-83

Vertical Heat Flow Model Of Jondetech Thermopiles 

Figure 2-29  2-84

Jondetech Thermopile Infrared Radiation Tetectors

Generation Flex 

Figure 2-30  2-85

Mass Spectrometry vs. Mirthe Mid IR Sensors For To

Measuring Trace Gas At Ppm Or Ppb Sensitivity 

Table 2-31  2-94

Mid IR Sensor 

Market Segment Forecasts, Dollars, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-32  2-96

MID Infrared (IR) Sensor Market Industry

Segments, Percent, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Table 2-33  2-96

Mid IR Sensor Market Industry Segments, Units,

Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-34  2-102

Smarter Planet Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Table 2-35  2-103

Smarter Planet Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Figure 2-36  2-104

IBM Imperatives For A Smarter Planet

Table 2-37  2-107

IBM Positions To Support Sensor Networks 

Figure 2-38  2-108

IBM Describes Smarter Plant Solutions Impact on IT  

Figure 2-39  2-109

IBM Strategic Vision for Innovation 

Figure 2-40  2-111

Smart Computing Software Modules Market Forecasts,

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-41  2-112

Smarter Planet Software Market Total Forecast,

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-42  2-112

Smarter Planet Software Market Industry Segment Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-43  2-112

Smarter Planet Software Market Industry Segment

Forecasts, Percent, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table  2-44  2-118

Types of Internet Connected Devices Likely to be Using

Mid IR Sensors That Need SOA Software To

Achieve Connectivity 

Table 2-45  2-122

Advantages Offered by SOA  

Table 2-46  2-124

Services Oriented Architecture SOA Market

 Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Table 2-47  2-125

Services Oriented Architecture SOA Application

Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Table 2-48  2-130

Services oriented architecture (SOA) benefits 

Table 2-49  2-131

Services Oriented Architecture SOA Market Driving Forces 

Figure 2-50  2-133

MIRTHE Mass Spectroscopy Pricing Assessment

Figure 2-51  2-134

MIRTHE Sensor Price Per Unit Analysis 

Figure 2-52  2-137

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Regional Market

Segments, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2011 

Table 2-53  2-138

Mid IR Sensor Regional Market Segments,

First  Three Quarters 2011 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Product Description  

 

Table 3-1  3-1

FLIR Thermal Imaging Applications 

Table 3-2  3-3

FLIR Technology 

Table 3-3  3-4

FLIR Technology Systems 

Figure 3-4  3-6

FLIR Commercial Vision Systems 

Table 3-5  3-8

Key Features of FLIR Tau 640 Camera 

Figure 3-6  3-9

FLIR Scout Thermal Night Vision 

Figure 3-7  3-10

FLIR Infrared Cameras 

Table 3-8  3-11

FLIR Thermal Imaging Technology  --  CBRNE,

Cameras, and Industrial

                                                           

Table 3-9  3-12

FLIR Thermal Imaging Technology  -  Surveillance,

Police, and Science 

Figure 3-10  3-14

FLIR Unmanned Laser Targeting Systems 

Figure 3-11  3-16

FLIR MEP Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition Laser Designator Mid IR Sensor 

Table 3-12  3-22

Daylight Solutions Mid Infrared Sensor Applications 

Figure 3-13  3-23

Daylight Solutions Mid IR Sensors 

Table 3-14  3-24

Daylight Solutions Monitoring 

Figure 3-15  3-25

Daylight Solutions Industry Specific Solutions 

Table 3-16  3-28

Daylight Solutions Mid IR Detector Key Features 

Figure 3-17  3-30

Daylight Solutions Tunable Laser Tuning 

Figure 3-18  3-31

Daylight Solutions Narrow Tuning 

Table 3-19  3-32

Daylight Solutions Gaussian Beam Profile 

Table 3-20  3-33

Daylight Solutions EC-QCL Laser Gaussian Beam Profile 

Table 3-21  3-35

Daylight Solutions Tunable Mid-IR

External-Cavity CW-MHF Lasers 

Table 3-21  (Continued) 3-36

Daylight Solutions Tunable Mid-IR

 External-Cavity CW-MHF Lasers 

Table 3-21 (Continued) 3-37

Daylight Solutions Tunable Mid-IR

External-Cavity CW-MHF Lasers 

Figure 3-22  3-37

Daylight Solutions Mid-IR  

Figure 3-23  3-38

Daylight Solutions Controller 

Figure 3-24  3-39

Daylight Solutions Applications 

Figure 3-25  3-39

Daylight Solutions Laserhead 

Table 3-26  3-40

Daylight Solutions Tunable Mid-IR External Cavity Lasers Features 

Table 3-27  3-41

Daylight Solutions Tunable Mid-IR

External Cavity Lasers Advantages 

Table 3-28  3-41

Daylight Solutions Products 

Figure 3-29  3-42

Daylight Solutions Fixed-Wavelength Mid-IR

External-Cavity Lasers 

Table 3-30  3-43

Daylight Solutions Fixed-Wavelength Mid-IR

External-Cavity Lasers Key Features 

Table 3-31  3-44

Daylight Solutions Fixed-Wavelength Mid-IR

External-Cavity Lasers Applications 

Figure 3-32  3-45

Daylight Solutions Mid-IR HgCdTe Detectors 

Table 3-33  3-45

Daylight Solutions Mid-IR HgCdTe Detectors Key Features 

Table 3-34  3-46

Daylight Solutions Core Technology 

Figure 3-35  3-47

Daylight Solutions' Core Technology 

Table 3-36  3-50

Daylight Solutions Power Technology Mid IR Sensor Applications 

Table 3-36  (Continued) 3-50

Daylight Solutions Power Technology Mid IR Sensor Applications 

Table 3-37  3-53

SenseAir® CO2 Sensors 

Table 3-38  3-54

SenseAir® CO2 Energy Saving Intelligence And Comfort Sensors 

Table 3-39  3-54

SenseAir® CO2 Process Yield And Economic Outcome Sensors 

Table 3-40  3-55

SenseAir® CO2 personal safety Sensors 

Figure 3-41  3-56

SenseAir Products 

Figure 3-42  3-57

Senseair Carbon Dioxide Sensors 

Figure 3-43  3-59

SenseAir Carbon Dioxide Sensor 

Figure 3-44  3-60

SenseAir Circuit Board 

Table 3-45  3-66

Sensor Switch Product Highlights 

Figure 3-46  3-67

Sensor Switch Smart Buildings 

Table 3-47  3-68

Sensor Switch Lighting Controls Technical Services 

Table 3-48  3-69

Sensor Switch Engineering Advances 

Figure 3-49  3-71

Block Engineering Quantum Cascade Laser 

Table 3-50  3-73

Block Engineering Tunable Mid-IR Sources Products 

Figure 3-51  3-74

Block Engineering LaserScope Target Size 

Table 3-52  3-75

Block Engineering Quantum Cascade Laser Products 

Table 3-53  3-75

Block Engineering Standoff Passive FTIR Spectroscopy Products 

Table 3-54  3-76

Block Engineering Examples of LaserScan Functions:

Table 3-55  3-77

Block Engineering Laserscan Product Line Functions 

Table 3-56  3-78

Block Engineering LaserScope Functions:

Table 3-57  3-78

Block Engineering Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) LaserTune™   

Figure 3-58  3-79

Sofradir Mid IR EPSILON MW 384x288 

Figure 3-59  3-81

Sofradir IR Products 

Figure 3-60  3-83

Sofradir Jet IR Product

Figure 3-61  3-84

Sofradir Vision IR Product

Figure 3-62  3-85

Sofradir Marine IR Product

Figure 3-63  3-86

Sofradir Helicopter IR Product

Figure 3-64  3-87

Sofradir EPSILON MW 384x288 

Table 3-65  3-88

Sofradir Hand-Held Thermal Imaging UAV Applications 

Table 3-66  3-89

Sofradir ROIC Modes:

Table 3-67  3-91

Sofradir Development Trends In Cooled Infrared Technology 

Figure 3-68  3-94

Sofradir VEGA LW 384x288 QWIP (25µm pitch)

Figure 3-69  3-96

Eikips Technologies Biomarkers in Breath 

Table 3-70  3-98

Ekips Technologies Category Examples Of Laser Emission Spectra 

Figure 3-71  3-100

JonDeTech AB Low-Cost, Surface Mount Thermopiles 

Table 3-72  3-101

JonDeTech AB Consumer Electronics Mid IR Sensors 

Table 3-73  3-102

JonDeTech AB Residential Control Systems Mid IR Sensors 

Table 3-74  3-103

JonDeTech’s Technology Competitive Advantages 

Figure 3-75  3-104

JonDeTech AB JIRS3 Sensor 

Table 3-76  3-105

JonDeTech AB Key Features of the Thermopile 

Figure 3-77  3-106

JonDeTech AB JIRS5 Sensor 

Figure 3-78  3-107

JonDeTech AB Close-up of JIRS5 Sensor 

Figure 3-79  3-108

JonDeTech AB Nanowire Sensors 

Figure 3-80  3-109

JonDeTech AB Linear Array of IR Sensorson Polyimide Foil

Table 3-81  3-111

JonDeTech Thermopile Applications 

Figure 3-82  3-113

JonDeTech AB Vertical Heat Flow Model Of Jondetech Thermopiles 

Figure 3-83  3-114

JonDeTech AB Vertical Heat Flow Model

Figure 3-84  3-115

Jondetech Thermopile Infrared Radiation Tetectors Generation Flex 

Figure 3-85  3-118

Micropelt Thermoharvester 

Figure 3-86  3-120

EnOcean ECO 100 - Motion Energy Harvesting 

Table 3-87  3-121

EnOcean Energy Harvesting Motion Converter 

Table 3-88  3-122

EnOcean Thermo Converter 

Table 3-89  3-123

EnOcean Energy Converters For Energy Harvesting

Wireless Applications 

Figure 3-90  3-125

Agiltron Room Temperature Automated Chemical

Processing (ACP) Sensors 

Figure 3- 91  3-126

Agiltron Typical Room Temperature Electrical

Characteristics Of Automated Chemical Processing (ACP)

Table 3-92  3-127

Agiltron Response of PbS Detectors 

Figure 3-93  3-129

Agiltron Infrared Detector Configurations 

Figure 3-94  3-132

Agiltron Lead Sulfide Infrared (PbS) Detector Array 

Figure 3-95  3-135

Quartz Resonator Photoacoustic Sensing Cell

Figure 3-96  3-136

Mass Spectrometry vs. Mirthe Mid IR Sensors For To

Measuring Trace Gas At Ppm Or Ppb Sensitivity 

Table 3-97  3-137

Mirthe Impact In Environment And Homeland Security:

Table 3-98  3-138

Mirthe Impact In Health:

Table 3-99  3-138

Mirthe Impact In Industrial Outreach:

Figure 3-100  3-139

Mirthe’s Strategic 3-Level Framework 

Figure 3-101  3-140

Cascade Technologies CT2100 Analyzer 

Table 3-102  3-141

Cascade Technologies CT2100 analyzer Measurements* 

Table 3-103  3-143

Cascade Technologies Analyzers 

Figure 3-104  3-145

Cascade Technologies  Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL),

Table 3-105  3-147

Cascade Technologies Rapid Sweep Combined With

High Duty Cycles Key Advantages 

Figure 3-106  3-149

Maxion Laser Products 

Figure 3-107  3-150

Maxion Products Single Mode Lasers 

Table 3-108  3-151

Integration into Maxion’s Turn-Key Laser System Benefits 

Table 3-109  3-152

Maxion Single Mode Laser Device Performance 

Table 3-110  3-156

Maxion Technologies Infrared Semiconductor

Laser Products Solutions Areas 

Figure 3-111  3-158

Maxion Multimode Lasers High Heat Load Laser Package 

Figure 3-112  3-159

Maxion Turnkey Laser System Single Mode Lasers 

Figure 3-113  3-160

Maxion Linear Arrays Of IC and QC Lasers  --

 C-mount and NS-mount Lasers 

Figure 3-114  3-161

Maxion LED in a Dewar 

Figure 3-115  3-163

VIASPACE Ionfinity SIM Ionizes The Sample

Without Fragmentation 

Figure 3-116  3-164

Ionfinity Industrial Process Control And

Environmental Monitoring 

Table 3-117  3-166

Power Technology Available Wavelengths & Output Powers 

Table3-118  3-167

Power Technology Applications for an infrared viewer 

Table 3-119  3-169

Power Technology Quantum-Cascade Lasers Features 

Table 3-120  3-170

Power Technology Quantum-Cascade Lasers

Mechanical Dimensions 

Figure 3-121  3-171

Power Technology Temperature Controlled Laser Diode Modules 

Table 3-122  3-172

Power Technology Mid IR Sensor Applications 

Figure 3-123  3-174

Power Technology Infrared Viewers 

Figure 3-124  3-175

Power Technology Mid IR Specifications 

Table 3-125  3-176

Power Technology Infrared Illuminator 

Figure 3-126  3-177

Power Technology. Infrared Photosensivity 

Table 3-127  3-178

Power Technology Near Infrared Viewer Power Densities 

Figure 3-128  3-180

Power Technology Laser Modules for OEM   

Figure 3-129  3-181

M Squared Device 

Table 3-130  3-184

M Squared Firefly-IR Applications Positioning 

Table 3-130  (Continued) 3-185

M Squared Firefly-IR Applications Positioning 

Table 3-131  3-187

M Squared Firefly-THz features 

Figure 3-132  3-194

Novawave Technology IRIS™ 1000 Tunable Laser System  

Table 3-133  3-195

Novawave Technology System Features 

Figure 3-134  3-197

GE Wireless Sensor Networks 

Table 3-135  3-200

PNNL Electronics Products 

Table 3-136  3-201

PNNL System Integration 

Figure 3-137  3-202

Hamamatsu Infrared Detector 

Figure 3-138  3-203

Hamamatsu InGaAs Photodiodes 

Figure 3-139  3-204

Hamamatsu Detectors With Sensitivity To Wavelengths 

Figure 3-140  3-206

Hamamatsu Continuous-Wave QCL For Room

Temperature Operation 

                                                                   

Table 3-141  3-207

Hamamatsu Laser Group Products 

Figure 3-142  3-209

Opto Solutions Products 

Table 3-143  3-211

Opto Solutions  -  IR Photonics Features and Applications 

Figure 3-144  3-216

ILX Lightwave Laser Diode Instrumentation 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Technology 

 

Table 4-1  4-3

Daylight Solutions Basic Technologies 

Figure 4-2  4-9

Thermocouple Lead Structures Based On Nanotechnology 

Figure 4-3  4-12

JonDeTechs Nanotechnology Thermopiles 

Figure 4-4  4-14

Nanowire Battery Can Hold 10 Times The

Charge Of Existing Lithium-Ion Battery 

Table 4-5  4-25

Computerization Of Microscopic Manufacturing Procedure Benefits 

Table 4-6  4-28

Battery Chemistries At The Forefront For Mid IR Sensors 

Figure 4-7  4-37

Biofilm Formation 

Figure 4-8  4-46

Mid IR Spectrum Wavenumber and Absorbance 

Figure 4-9  4-47

Mid-Infrared Light Novel Mid-Infrared Materials 

Figure 4-10  4-48

Mid-Infrared Light Sources 

Figure 4-11  4-49

Mid IR Sensor Applications & Testbeds 

Figure 4-12  4-58

University of Oklahoma Researchers Are

Working On A High-Tech Breath Test

Figure 4-13  4-62

Physical Vapor Nanoparticle Synthesis Process 

Figure 4-14  4-66

Nanophase Technologies Organic Dispersions In Manufacturing 

Figure 4-15  4-67

Nanophase Technologies Organic Dispersions In

Polar And Non-Polar Organic Fluids 

 

Mid Infrared (IR) Sensor Company Profiles 

 

Table 5-1  5-9

Block Engineering LaserScope IR Microscope

Key Benefits & Advantages 

Table 5-2  5-14

Bosch Building Automation Sensors 

Table 5-3  5-15

Bosch Building Automation Sensor Management Architecture 

Figure 5-4  5-30

Directed Vapor Technology 

Table 5-5  5-49

FLIR Systems Thermal Imaging Infrared

Cameras Target Markets 

Table 5-6  5-51

FLIR Systems Commercial Vision Applications 

Table 5-7  5-59

FLIR Systems Sensor Applications 

Table 5-8  5-60

FLIR Systems Sensor Uses 

Table 5-9  5-61

FLIR Systems Sensor Market Segments 

Table 5-10  5-62

FLIR Detection System Sensor Applications 

Figure 5-11  5-80

GE Wireless Sensor Networks 

Table 5-12  5-99

II-VI Significant Materials Capabilities 

Table 5-13  5-100

II-VI Specific Growth Strategies:

Text Box: JOHNSON CONTROLS SENSORS
    HUMIDITY
    TEMPERATURE
    PRESSURE
    CARBON DIOXIDE
    OCCUPANCY
    NETWORK SENSORS
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Table 5-14  5-106

Johnson Controls Sensors 

Figure 5-15  5-106

Johnson Controls Sensor Products 

Table 5-16  5-107

Johnson Controls Sensor Types 

Table 5-17  5-109

Johnson Controls Valve Categories:

Figure 5-18  5-112

Airsense Smart Building Monitor 

Figure 5-19  5-118

Lockheed Martin F35B In-Flight STOVL Operations 

Figure 5-20  5-119

Lockheed Martin Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 

Figure 5-21  5-120

Lockheed Martin C-139 J Cargo Plane 

Figure 5-22  5-121

Lockheed Martin Next Generation Identification Systems 

Figure 5-23  5-122

Lockheed Martin Linking Legacy Radio

Waveforms to AMF JTRS 

Figure 5-24  5-126

M Squared Device 

Table 5-25  5-128

M Squared Firefly-IR Applications Positioning  128

Table 5-25  (Continued) 5-129

M Squared Firefly-IR Applications Positioning 

Table 5-26  5-131

M Squared Firefly-THz features 

Figure 5-27  5-135

Quartz Resonator Photoacoustic Sensing Cell

Figure 5-28  5-136

Mass Spectrometry vs. Mirthe Mid IR Sensors For To

Measuring Trace Gas At Ppm Or Ppb Sensitivity 

Table 5-29  5-137

Mirthe Impact In Environment And Homeland Security:

Table 5-30  5-137

Mirthe Impact In Health:

Table 5-31  5-138

Mirthe Impact In Industrial Outreach:

Figure 5-32  5-139

Mirthe’s Strategic  Multi-level Mid IR Sensor Framework 

Table 5-33  5-144

OPTO Solutions Opto 22 Systems Markets 

Table 5-34  5-146

Maxion Technologies Laser Product Segment Positioning 

Table 5-35  5-149

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Focus 

Table 5-36  5-150

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Electronics Products 

Table 5-37  5-151

PNNL System Integration 

Text Box: POWER TECHNOLOGY LASER APPLICATIONS 
Microscopy
Display
Spectroscopy
Holography
Laser-induced fluorescence
Flow cytometry
High-resolution printing
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Table 5-38  5-152

Power Technology Laser Applications 

Table 5-39  5-166

Sofradir Notable Accomplishments