Fiber Optic Sensors Monthly Journal - November 2011

Every month, ElectroniCast publishes a review and analysis of current market and technology trends relative to the consumption of communication-based fiber optic sensors.  This monthly journal provides our clients with insights regarding the innovative applications of fiber optic sensors.

In The November 2011 issue:

Outline of Contents

Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor System – Civil Engineering/Construction Overview           

            Detection and Localization of Tunnel Movements                   

            Advancement of Long-gauge FO Sensors towards Structural Health Monitoring

            Enhanced Pipeline Monitoring with Fiber Optic Sensors

            Remote (250 km) Fiber Bragg Grating Multiplexing System

            ElectroniCast Regional Market Share Estimate (2011) 

                                               

Selected Highlights of Technology Presentations and Company News                           

            Financial Reporting: KVH Industries – Q3 of 2011

            Financial Reporting: ABB Group – Q3 of 2011

            Financial Reporting: ProPhotonix Limited – Q3 of 2011

            Financial Reporting: Lockheed Martin – Q3 of 2011

            Proposal - United States Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

                        Coating Health Monitor System with Fiber Optic Sensors (Tanner Research)

                        SBIR / STTR Program Overview

            Targeting Systems with High-Speed Fiber Optic Interface

            High-Resolution Earth-Imaging Satellite 

            Energy Markets at Luna Innovations

            Sentrillion Corporation and Optellios, Inc. Announce Partnership

           

Research Papers:

Wagon wheel fiber based multichannel plasmonic sensor

Design criteria for microstructured- plasmon-resonance sensors (archive)

Ultra-high-resolution large-dynamic-range optical fiber static strain sensor using PDH

Simultaneous strain/temperature FBG laser sensor based on RF measurement                                                                                      

Calendar – Future Conferences                                                                                         

Monthly Journal Published: The first-week of each month

Fee:                 No Charge (12-issues) for Existing FO Sensor Forecast Clients*

Fee:                 $1,200 per year (12-issues) for Monthly Journals - only

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

* Clients that have subscribed to the Fiber Optic Sensors Global Market Forecast and Analysis, within the last 12-months

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 30-40 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.

To Order This Monthly Journal, Please Contact:

Stephen Montgomery, ElectroniCast Consultants

stephen_montgomery@electronicastconsultants.com

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Fiber Optic Sensors Global Market Forecast Service

ElectroniCast

ElectroniCast report provides our forecast and analysis of the worldwide consumption of Fiber Optic Sensors.  In addition to the main report, the service also includes an extensive market forecast database in Microsoft Excel format, as well as 12-issues of the Fiber Optic Sensors Monthly Journal and the ElectroniCast Fiber Optic Industry Monthly Review.

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 2010-2015 quantitative market forecast data presented in this study report are segmented into the following geographic regions, plus a Global summary:

·        The Americas (North America, Central and South America)

·        EMEA (Europe, Middle Eastern countries, plus Africa)

·        APAC (Asia Pacific)

The market forecast database is also presented and segmented in three main sections:

           

·        Fiber Optic Point Sensors: Component-Level

·        Continuous Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors

·        Optical Communication Signal Analysis Interface Components/Modules

Fiber Optic Point Sensors Applications covered in this report:

·        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 Fiber Optic Point Sensor Forecast is segment 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 this report:

·        Manufacturing Process/Factory

o       Interferometric

o       Raman back-scattering 

o       Brillouin waves

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

o       Interferometric

o       Raman back-scattering 

o       Brillouin waves

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

o       Interferometric

o       Raman back-scattering 

o       Brillouin waves

·        Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources

o       Interferometric

o       Raman back-scattering 

o       Brillouin waves

·        Biomedical/Science

o       Interferometric

o       Raman back-scattering 

o       Brillouin waves

An extensive list of fiber optic sensor manufacturers and related companies is provided, along with a matrix table classifying the types of sensors technologies that they address.  Market share estimates for the leading competitors are also provided.  The technology trends of other pertinent fiber optic components and devices in the fiber optic marketplace are presented.

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.  The forecast is segmented by the following applications:             

·        Telecommunications

·        Private Enterprise Data Networks

·        Cable TV

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Other

This study report also provides an extensive review 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

Fiber Optic Sensors Monthly Journal and the Fiber Optic Industry Monthly Review

The Fiber Optic Sensors Monthly Journal and the Fiber Optic Industry Monthly Review are included with the subscription to the annual Fiber Optic Sensors Global Market Forecast and Analysis Report. Both monthly reports are sent, via e-mail, in PDF file: typically 30-40 pages.  

Both of these monthly reports provide summary-level information of the latest market and technology trends covering the area of fiber optic communication.

The Fiber Optic Industry Monthly Review is released at the end of each month.

The Fiber Optic Sensor Monthly Journal is released at the beginning of each month.

Published:                  August 29, 2011

Fee:                            $6,800

Text Pages:               479 – PDF

Excel File:                  Extensive market forecast database spreadsheets

Please E-Mail me if you would like to order this report:

stephen_montgomery@electronicastconsultants.com


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Fiber Optic Tunnel Detection System

US Seismic Systems Inc. (USSI), a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN), recently announced that the company demonstrated its Ultra High Sensitivity (UHS) Tunnel Detection product at the Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED VIII) sponsored by (US) Department of Defense's Physical Security Equipment Action Group held last week in Stafford, Virginia. Designated GroundAlert-UHS, the system is based upon USSI’s revolutionary all-optical geophone, which can detect underground activity at levels more than 100 times quieter than competing systems.

The need for a tunnel detection solution around the world is becoming increasingly urgent, with 129 tunnels detected under U.S. borders since 1990. The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Northern Command, the Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies formed the rapid reaction tunnel detection joint capability technology demonstration in 2010 to address this pressing issue. The highly publicized escape of 480 Taliban fighters in April (2011) month through a tunnel from a prison in Afghanistan has now heightened awareness by the DOD for the need for a tunnel detection capability at secure sites around the world.

Fiber Optic Tunnel Detection System              USSI’s GroundAlert-UHS fiber optic tunnel detection system, which is powered only by light, utilizes highly sensitive, yet unobtrusive fiber optic geophones planted in the ground to detect subsurface digging activity at distances in excess of 100 feet, coupled with a real-time signal processing suite for screening out nuisance/false alarms. “GroundAlert-UHS is a solid example of the broader applications and markets available for our Ultra High Sensitivity (UHS) fiber optic oilfield seismic systems,” stated Jim Andersen, CEO of US Seismic Systems. “The requirements for tunnel detection closely align with those needed for detecting microseismic events in the oilfield, that being small, rugged, ultra-sensitive sensors that are simple to install requiring no insitu electronics and no maintenance.”

Security Project in Latin America              Late last year, USSI announced that its GroundAlert security system had been selected for a 20-site maximum-security project in Latin America. 

Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED) serves leaders and other decision-makers in defense, homeland security, nuclear security, and first-response, as well as officials in state and local law enforcement, physical security and first-responder organizations, and defense and homeland security media. Military and civilian personnel in command, physical security and first response positions are encouraged to attend and see the latest in immediately available integrated force protection, anti-terrorist and first-response solutions presented in 20 equipment categories.

US Seismic Systems Inc. (“USSI”), formerly US Sensor Systems Inc., designs, integrates, manufactures, and sells fiber optic sensing systems and solutions for the Energy and Defense markets. USSI utilizes all-optical fiber sensing technology for

its state-of-the-art sensors. USSI’s proprietary optical fiber and electronics combine to form the sensor system. It is designed to replace the legacy electronic-based sensor systems at a lower cost and with improved performance and reliability. For more information visit the USSI website at: www.ussensorsystems.com

Acorn Energy, Inc. is a holding company focused on technology driven solutions for energy infrastructure asset management. Our four businesses in which we have controlling interests, improve the world's energy infrastructure by making it cleaner and less expensive to operate air pollution systems for coal and gas-fired power plants (CoaLogix), more secure by providing security solutions for underwater energy infrastructure (DSIT), more reliable by providing condition monitoring instruments for critical assets on the electric grid (GridSense) and more productive and efficient by increasing oil and gas production while lowering costs through use of ultra-high sensitive seismic tools for more precise pinpointing of oil and gas reservoirs (USSI). For more information visit www.acornenergy.com

This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. There is no assurance that US Sensor Systems Inc. or Acorn Energy, Inc. will continue to grow their respective businesses, execute the initiatives described above or meet the expectations described above. A complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties which may affect Acorn Energy’s business generally and the businesses of its subsidiaries is included in “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.