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Dublin, Jan. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Plastic Optical Fiber Market & Technology Assessment Study - 2020 Edition" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This study reviews the history of POF, technological developments, emerging applications, commercial activities, market forecasts, and research and education centers around the world. It presents a comprehensive and historical review of the POF business and should form the basis of future internal market research. The market for POF could never be brighter with the trend to all-optical networks, need for higher bandwidth, EMI protection, lower cost, lighter weight, ease of use and other factors. POF's main competitor copper is fast running out of steam. New applications are starting to appear in data centers, commercial aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Internet of Things (IoT), machine vision, sensors for structural health monitoring, and home networking for Ultra High Definition TVs (UHD TV/4K and 8K), to only name a few. Market Summary
Plastic Optical Fibers (POF) have been overshadowed in the last decade by the success of glass optical fibers. When people hear the term "optical fibers," they immediately think of glass. Few people, including professionals in the business, know about plastic optical fibers (POFs), which predate those made of glass. Because glass fibers have certain advantages, they have dominated the market, while POFs have remained largely in the background. POF had been relegated to low-bit-rate and short-distance applications. However, recent technological advances and the emergence of new applications in the automotive, avionics, consumer electronics, and short-distance interconnect industries have propelled POF into the limelight as a lower-cost alternative to glass fiber or copper at medium distances and at bit rates of 40Gbps. New technological developments in sources, connectors, and fibers are expanding the bandwidth-distance limits of POF into new applications. There has been a dramatic increase in the GI-POF technology and its availability in the market. This has resulted in increased interest by component suppliers and end-users. The market for short, high-speed optical links is experiencing sustained growth. These links are less than 100 meters, with speeds up to 40Gbps. After many years of playing second fiddle to the glass optical fiber business, POF is now starting to get the recognition it deserves. Some are even saying that POF could be a disruptive technology. Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction 2. Why POF? 2.1 Ease of connectorization 2.2 Durability 2.3 Large diameter 2.4 Lower Costs 2.5 Fiber Costs 2.6 Transmitters (Transceivers, Receivers) 2.7 Space Division Multiplexing is Possible 2.8 Receivers 2.9 Connectors 2.10 Test Equipment 2.11 Installation 2.12 Maintenance 2.13 Ease of Handling 2.14 Safety 2.15 Bandwidth 2.16 Developments of other types of fibers 2.17 Many markets are open to POF 2.18 Standards Situation is Improved 2.19 Growth Potential 2.20 Size Matters 2.21 PF GI-POF Takes Advantage of Low-cost Components Developed for GOF 3. Comparison Between Copper, GOF, and POF 3.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of POF 3.2 An Installer's View 3.2.1 Installation Issues 3.2.2 Testing 3.1.2.1 Do-it-yourself POF Kits 3.1.2.2 Connectorless Connections 4. POF Historical Development, Organizations, Research & Education Centers and Commercial Activities Worldwide 4.1 Historical Perspective 4.2 POF Organizations, Research & Education Centers, and Commercial Activities Worldwide 4.2.1 POF Developments in Japan 4.2.2 POF in the US 4.2.3 POF in Europe 4.2.3.1 POF France 4.2.3.2 POF Germany 4.2.3.3 POF in the European Union (EU) /European Commission (EC) 4.2.3.4 POF in the United Kingdom (UK) 4.2.3.5 POF in Spain 4.2.3.6 POF in Portugal 4.2.3.7 POF in the Netherlands 4.2.4 POF in Korea 4.2.5 POF in Australia 4.2.6 POF in Brazil 4.2.7 POF in Greater China 4.2.8 POF in Other Countries 5. Technical Characteristics of POF Fibers Systems 5.1 Basic Technical Components of Optical Fiber Systems 5.2 Types of Optical Fibers 5.2.1 Step Index Fibers 5.2.2 Multimode Graded Index Fiber (MMF) 5.2.3 Single-mode Fibers (SMF) 5.3 Plastic Optical Fibers 5.3.1 Materials used for POF 5.3.2 Attenuation 5.3.3 Perfluorinated POF 5.3.4.1 How Numerical Aperture of Fiber Affects Bandwidth 5.3.4.2 Methods to Increase Bandwidth 5.3.4.3 Increased Bandwidth Using Low-NA Source 5.3.5 Graded Index PMMA POF (GI-POF) 5.3.6 Perfluorinated (PF) Graded Index POF (GI-POF) 5.3.7 Partially Chlorinated GI-POF 5.3.7.1 New GI PTCEMA 5.3.8 High-temperature Plastic Optical Fibers 5.3.8.1 Polystyrene 5.3.8.2 The Advantages of Polystyrene 5.3.9 Photonic Crystal Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibers 5.3.9.1 Microstructured Polymer Fibers 5.3.10 Summary Performance of PMMA and PF-GI POF (SI and GI) 5.3.11 Environmental Effects on POF 5.3.12 Manufacturing Methods of POF 5.3.12.1 Extrusion 5.3.12.2 Preform Drawing 5.3.12.3 Manufacturing Graded Index PMMA POF 5.3.12.4 Manufacturing PF GI-POF 5.3.12.5 Continuous Extrusion Process 5.3.12.5 Continuous Extrusion Process 6. Light Sources 6.1 LEDs 6.1.1 Low NA LED 6.1.2 Low NA LED Source Perspective for POF Data Link 6.1.3 Materials and Available LED Wavelengths 6.1.4 Gigabit Links Using LEDs 6.2 Resonant Cavity LEDs (RC-LEDs) 6.3 Laser Diodes 6.4 Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) 6.4.1 Data Links Using Red VCSELS 6.4.2 Red VCSEL Transceivers for Gigabit Transmission over POF 6.5 Outlook for POF Green and Blue Sources 6.6 High-Speed POF Receivers 7. Optical Connectors and Splicing 7.1 Connectorization 7.1.1 POF Connector Requirements 7.1.2 ATM Forum 7.2 POF Connect Types 7.2.1 PN Connector 7.2.2 Small Multimedia Interface (SMI) 7.2.3 IDB-1394 POF Interface and Latch Connector for Automotive Use 7.2.4 Packard Hughes Interconnect 7.2.5 Optical Mini Jack 7.2.6 Panduit Poly-Jack - RJ-45 Type 7.2.7 MOST Automotive Connector and Header System 7.3 Splicing 7.3.1 Brookhaven Industrial Laboratory 7.3.2 Mechanical Splices 7.3.3 Ultrasonic Splicing 7.4 OptoLock - Connectorless Connection 7.5 Ballpoint Connector 8. Couplers 8.1 Optical Buses and Cross-connects 8.2 Switches using Couplers 9. POF Cables 10. Integrated Optics 10.1 Planar Waveguides and Other Passive Devices 10.2 Holograms 11. Lenses 11.1 Polymeric Lenses 11.1.1 Ball Point Pen Collimator Lens 11.2 High-efficiency Optical Concentrators for POF 12. Fiber Bragg Gratings 13. Optical Amplifiers 13.1 Keio University 13.2 Model for Analyzing the Factors in the Performance of Dye-Doped POF Lasers 13.3 Plastic Optical Fiber with Embedded Organic Semiconductors for Signal Amplification 14. Test Equipment 14.1 OTDRs 15. POF Systems - Ethernet Example 16. POF Hardware for Ethernet 16.1 Commercial Silicon for Gigabit Communication over SI-POF 16.2 Ethernet POF Media Converter for ITU Standard G.hn 16.3 G.hn Chip Sets 16.4 Gigabit Ethernet Standard 16.5 Gigabit Ethernet OptoLock 17. Illustrative Examples of POF Data Communications Applications 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Range of Applications 17.3 Optocoupler Applications 17.4 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Interconnects 17.5 Digital Audio Interface 17.6 Avionic Data Links 17.6.1 Practical Experience in Military and Civilian Avionic Systems 17.6.2 McDonald Douglas 17.6.3 Boeing 17.6.4 Requirements for POF in Commercial Aircraft - Boeing 17.7 Automotive Applications of POF 17.7.1 Automotive Harness Trends 17.7.2 Increase in Electronic Content 17.7.2.1 Different Data Busses in Automobiles 17.7.3 Automobile Standards 17.7.3.1 MOST Standard 17.7.3.2 1394 Automotive Working Group and IDB 17.8 Local Area Networks 17.8.1.1 POF vs. Glass Comparison 17.8.1.2 Operating Experience 17.8.2 Codenoll 17.8.3 Mitsubishi Rayon 17.8.4 NEC Corp. Ethernet 17.9 IEEE 1394 FireWire 17.9.1 Markets for 1394 17.9.2 Transmission Media 17.9.3 1394 as a Home Network 17.9.3.1 IEEE 1394 Proposed Costs 17.9.3.2 IEEE Future of 1394 17.10 Tollbooth Applications 17.11 Factory Automation 17.12 Medical Applications 17.13 High Voltage Isolation 17.14 Home Networks 17.14.1 CEBus 17.14.2 Over the Top (OTT) 17.14.3 Capillary of Light Home Network 17.15 Test Equipment 17.16 POF Sensors 17.17 Security (Tempest) 17.18 EMI/RFI 17.19 Hydraulic Lifts 17.20 Trains 17.21 Controller Area Network (CAN) 17.22 Point-of-sale Terminals 17.23 Robotics 17.24 Programmable Controllers (PLC) 17.25 Video Surveillance 17.26 High-speed Video 17.27 Home Video 17.28 Digital Signage 18. POF Cost Comparisons 18.1 Avago Cost Trade-off White Paper 19. POF and Related Standards 19.1 What drives standards? 19.2 Trends in POF Standards 19.3 History of the Development of POF Standards 19.3.1 IEC 19.4 Present Standards that Include POF 19.4.1 Process Control 19.4.1.1 Profibus 19.4.1.2 SERCOS (Serial Real-time Communication System) 19.4.1.3 Interbus 19.4.2 Automotive Standards 19.4.2.1 MOST 19.4.2.2 IDB-1394 19.4.2.3 ByteFlight 19.4.2.4 CEA Aftermarket 19.4.3 Computer Standards 19.4.3.1 ATM 19.4.3.2 IEEE-1394 19.4.3.3 Storage Area Networks 19.4.3.4 Supercomputers/Servers 19.4.3.5 Datacenters 19.4.4 Home Standards 19.4.4.1 CEBUS 19.4.4.2 ATM Forum Residential Broadband 19.4.4.3 IEEE-1394 Home Networking 19.4.4.4 ITU G.h 19.4.5 Consumer Electronics and Over the Top 19.4.5.1 Active Optical Cables 19.4.5.2 Over-the-Top-Enabled Devices 20. Components and Testing 20.1 Introduction 20.2 IEC 20.3 VDI/VDE 20.4 Standards Summary 21. POF Components - Present Status 21.1 POF Fibers 21.1.1 Mitsubishi Rayon 21.1.2 Asahi Kasei 21.1.3 Toray Industries Inc. 21.1.4 Shenzhen Dasheng Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd. 21.1.5 Asahi Glass 21.1.6 Nanoptics 21.1.7 OFS-Fitel (now Chromis Fiber Optics) 21.1.8 Redfern Polymer (Cactus Fiber) (Kiriama) 21.1.9 Nexans 21.1.10 Fuji Film 21.1.11 Luvantix 21.1.12 Optimedia 21.1.13 Jiang Daisheng Co. Ltd. 21.1.14 Sekisui Chemical Company 22. POF Suppliers 22.1 POF Cables 22.2 Semiconductors (Transceivers) for POF 22.2.1 KDPOF 22.2.2 CoolSilicon/CoolPOF 22.3 Light Sources (Transceivers) 22.3.1 Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) 22.3.2 Resonant Cavity LEDs (RC-LEDs) 22.3.3 Laser Diodes 22.3.4 VCSELs 22.4 Photodiodes 22.5 Connectors 22.5.1 Connectorless Technologies 22.6 Couplers 22.7 Test Equipment 22.8 Splicing 22.9 Media Converters 22.10 Data Links 22.11 POF Networks 22.12 IPTV Equipment Providers 22.13 Other POF Passive Components 22.14 Other Active Components 23. POF Component Price Trends 23.1 Impact of the MOST Standard 23.2 POF Fiber Pricing 23.2.1 Step Index Fibers 23.2.2 Graded Index POF 23.3 Cables 23.4 Cable Assemblies 23.5 POF Transmitters and Receivers 23.5.1 MOST Pricing 23.6 Conclusions for POF Data Components 23.7 Graded Index PMMA POF 23.8 Perfluorinated GI-POF 23.9 Partially Chlorinated Polymer 23.10 Price targets for POF Components 24. Market Drivers 24.1 Technology 24.2 Standards 24.3 Market Needs 24.4 Government Funding 24.5 Education of End Users 24.6 Marketing Push 24.7 Lack of Major Player 24.8 Resistance to Change and Embedded Infrastructure 25. POF Markets and Forecasts 25.1 Automotive Market 25.1.1 How Big is the Market? 25.2 Consumer Electronics Market 25.2.1 Connected TV Device Ownership 25.3 POF Industrial Controls Market and IoT Market 25.4 Home Market and IPTV / Ultra HD TV (4K&8K) 25.4.1 Market Forecast 25.4.2 UHD TV 4K/8K 25.5 Interconnect Market 25.6 Medical Market 25.7 Avionics Market 25.8 Total POF Market Potential 26. Opportunities in the Emerging POF Business 26.1 Cables and Fiber 26.2 Connectors 26.3 Sources 26.4 Couplers 26.5 Test Equipment 26.6 Splicing 26.7 Hardware 26.8 Data Links 26.9 Distribution 26.10 Design and Engineering 26.11 Converters 26.12 Systems Suppliers 27. Strategies for Success in the POF Market
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