ElectroniCast - Fiber Optic Sensors Monthly Journal

Monthly Journal Published: The first-week of each month

Fee:                 $1,200 per year (12-issues) of the Monthly Journals 
Contact:           stephen_montgomery@electronicastconsultants.com

ElectroniCast publishes a summary-level report of the latest market and technology trends covering the area of fiber optic sensors

This journal provides a review and analysis of current market and technology trends relative to the consumption of communication-based fiber optic sensors. The journal (PDF file: typically 25-35 pages), released at the beginning of each month, via e-mail, providing our clients with insights to the innovative applications of fiber optic sensors.

The journal typically presents information in three sections:

           

·        Fiber Optic Sensors – Market Overview

      ·        Selected Highlights of Technology Presentations and Company News

·        Calendar – Future Conferences                 

Summary-level consumption trends are provided for various measurand or technology.  The trends for each selected sensor, in turn, is segmented into various applications. The information is presented in easy-to-follow illustrations and text. 

The complete quantitative Microsoft Excel market forecast worksheets and competitive market share estimates are released every September for clients that subscribe to the Fiber Optic Sensors Market Forecast annual report; however, the monthly reports provide summary-level market forecast data updates and the latest industry news.

For professionals concerned with fiber optic sensor markets and technology. 

We believe you will find this journal useful for your planning of product and market development.  Please contact us with any questions or comments.

SAMPLE – the Table of Contents of the April (2012) journal is provided below:

Outline of Contents

Point Fiber Optics Sensors Overview:  Electric and Magnetic Field

                Magnetic field sensor based on double-sided polished FBGs

               

                Magnetostrictive composite–fiber Bragg grating (MC–FBG) magnetic field sensor  

                Fiber Magnetic Sensors: TbDyFe Magnetostrictive Thin Films  

                Resonant Magnetic Field Sensors Based On MEMS Technology  

                Influence of Magnetic Field In-Homogeneity on a Magneto-Optical Current Sensor

                MOCT - Magneto-Optic Current Transducer

                ElectroniCast – Market Forecast Data

Selected Highlights of Technology Presentations and Company News                                  

                Luna Innovations And Intuitive Surgical Extend Relationship

                Micron Optics, Inc. Expands Global Sales and System Integrator Network

                FCTech filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court

                General Electric Assigned Patent for Fiber Optic Sensing System

                Fiber-Optic Monitoring System to Detect Contaminants

                Highly Sensitive Fiber Optic Intrusion Detection System

                High Performance 1550-nm Swept Sources for Fiber-Optic Sensing and OCT

                Latest fiber-optic sensors offer improved effectiveness

                EPA Research Projection Announcement: Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS)

                Measurement of Concentration and Refractive Index of Liquids Based on Intensity Modulation

                Fiber-optic probe for weak fluorescence detection: modeling and initial experimental evaluation

                Investigation of evanescent coupling between tapered fiber and a multimode slab waveguide

                Optical Fiber Networks for Remote Sensors

                Distributed Flow Sensing Using Optical Hot-Wire Grid

Fiber-optic modal interferometric sensor for detecting trace mercury ion in aqueous solution

                                   

Calendar – Future Conferences                                                                                              

Fiber optic sensors use optical fiber either as the sensing element ("intrinsic sensors"), or as a means of relaying signals from a remote sensor to the electronics that process the signals ("extrinsic sensors"). The market trends discussed in the monthly journal address one or more of the following topics:

           

·        Fiber Optic Point Sensors: Component-Level

·        Continuous Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors

·        Optical Communication Signal Analysis Interface Components/Modules

Fiber Optic Point Sensors Applications:

·        Manufacturing Process/Factory

·        Civil Engineering/Construction (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc)

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Test & Measurement used in Telecommunication, CATV, Private/Enterprise

·        Biomedical/Science

·        Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources

·        Automotive/Vehicle

Sensing/Measuring Quantity (Measurand) The monthly journal also looks at the industry trans and news pertaining to fiber optic point sensors, segmented further by the following sensing/measuring quantity (measurand) types:

·        Mechanical Strain

·        Temperature

      ·        Pressure

·        Chemical, Gas, Liquid

·        Vibration, Acoustic, Seismic

·        Displacement, Acceleration, Proximity

·        Electric and Magnetic Field - Fiber Optic Sensors

·        Rotation (such as Fiber Optic Gyroscopes: FOGs)

                       

Continuous Distributed Sensor Applications/Technologies covered in the journal:

·        Manufacturing Process/Factory

·        Civil Engineering/Construction (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc)

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources

·        Biomedical/Science

Optical Communication Signal Analysis Interface Components/Modules         

These include components, sampling/interface modules and intra-enclosure (board-level) elements directly used for fiber optic sensing measurements, used in equipment such as –Oscilloscopes, OTDRs, Bit Error Rate Testers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, and numerous other test/measurement/monitoring equipment used for communication/optical signal processing applications.  We discuss the trends, segmented by the following applications:             

·        Telecommunications

·        Private Enterprise Data Networks

·        Cable TV

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Other

Through the course of the 12-month issue cycle, the journal will provide current news and analysis study of applicable technologies, including:

·        Interferometry

·        Intensity

·        Polarization

·        Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)

·        Raman back-scattering

·        Fluoresence

·        Brillouin waves

·        Doppler Anemometry

·        Spectroscopy

·        Waveguides/ Specialty Optical Fiber

·        Optrode

Product and Financial news form various fiber optic sensor vendors are presented in the monthly journal along with a calendar of future conferences, which address the fiber optic sensor industry sector.