| Japan OITDA (Optical Industry Development | | | | (POF) will become the new market hot. |
| Association), a report predicted, opto-electronics | | | | Chinese enterprises are now able to scale production |
| industry will in future play an important role in society, | | | | of fiber optic cable all the needs of the market |
| including information applications, energy conservation, | | | | products. In the fiber optic cable products, has been |
| bio-medical, etc., can be said that, optoelectronics | | | | able to develop according to needs of the market of |
| industry is the pillar industry of the 21st century one. | | | | new products, including undersea cables, ADSS, |
| | | | | OPGW cable and other specialty areas. In the optical |
| Looking to the future, opto-electronics industry will | | | | fiber products, domestic fiber market has been highly |
| continue to flourish. The market needs, the | | | | recognized in the domestic trunk lines have been |
| optoelectronics industry, mainly in the following | | | | accumulated on the use of more than 20 million core |
| aspects may be relatively large increase in space: | | | | km. However, the impact of overcapacity, domestic |
| optical networks and optical access network, such as | | | | enterprises are not optimistic about the prospects. |
| Fiber To The Home (FTTH); optical storage in the | | | | Generally speaking, optical fiber and cable industry, |
| Blu-ray disc storage, optical holographic storage; Light | | | | the recovery will take some time, the problem of |
| Show The large-size LCD displays, OLED displays; | | | | excess production capacity will continue. |
| semiconductor lighting and solar cell use; In addition, | | | | Optics |
| the optical fiber sensor, the medical field there are | | | | Optics industry, there have been signs of warming |
| relatively large room for growth. In these areas, | | | | from a global perspective, 2004 Nianguang device |
| optical storage and optical display the largest share | | | | shipments increased significantly. In the optical passive |
| has exceeded 50%. | | | | device, the domestic enterprises, although the |
| Light Show: | | | | possession of a certain share, but still a lack of |
| LCD / PDP / OLED each has its advantages | | | | independent intellectual property rights of key |
| Light the display industry, mainly in two areas: the | | | | technologies and become the bottleneck. For nearly |
| traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors and flat | | | | 10 years of domestic enterprises to develop very |
| panel display (FPD). Flat panel displays also include: | | | | rapidly, there has been a long fly, flames and many |
| liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma display panel (PDP), | | | | other outstanding enterprises, which take the |
| organic light-emitting display (OLED), field emitting | | | | introduction of digestion and absorption of |
| display (FED), electroluminescent display (ELD) and so | | | | re-innovation of the road, through unremitting |
| on. The former area is now a technical recession in | | | | efforts, today, these companies produce active and |
| the period, from PC monitors to television sets, a | | | | passive optical components in the domestic and |
| large number of flat-panel displays have been | | | | international on the market are extremely |
| entering the market. 2003 CRT's market share has | | | | competitive. |
| dropped to 43%, FPD's market share has reached | | | | Overall, the optical communication industry, there |
| 57%, flat panel displays to replace the traditional CRT | | | | have been signs of warming, but to restore the level |
| monitors lines has been the general trend. | | | | prior to 2001 will take some time. The development |
| LCD and PDP | | | | of optical communication industry, the fundamental |
| The main features of LCD displays for high-resolution, | | | | driving force is the emergence of new business, as |
| low power consumption, long life, cost is relatively | | | | IPTV and other broadband services such as the |
| high; PDP displays the main features of the screen | | | | accelerated development of optical communication |
| size large, relatively low cost. | | | | industry, a full recovery will come. |
| PDP (Plasma) flat-panel display technology because of | | | | Optical Storage: increasingly high-density wavelength |
| its cost advantages are mainly used in size over 40 | | | | is shorter and shorter |
| inches of the large-screen color TV, while the | | | | Optical storage is mainly refers to the CD-ROM as a |
| TFT-LCD at 40 inches color TV market has a strong | | | | medium used for recording and reading information |
| competitive edge. TFT-LCD and PDP compared to | | | | on optical storage technology. |
| the advantages of high resolution, so as the | | | | Optical Storage Industry includes key components, |
| TFT-LCD technology, continuous improvement and | | | | integration components and entire machine in three |
| cost reduction, it will also be large-screen color TV | | | | parts. The main advantage of optical storage |
| market pose a challenge to PDP. 40-inch market will | | | | technology are: easy-to-low-cost, large number of |
| lead to a price war, according to South Korean | | | | replication, larger capacity, it is very suitable for large |
| electronic display Industrial Research Association | | | | amounts of information preservation and |
| (EDIRAK) analysis, PDP is still a lot of price reduction | | | | dissemination. |
| factors, but the funds it needs even less than half of | | | | Compared to optical communications industry, the |
| the LCD. Although LCD screens have a better quality, | | | | optical storage industry is relatively stable. Optical |
| but the PDP may be in the near future to catch up | | | | storage technology development trend of storage |
| with it. Thus, in this size market, certainly has a price | | | | capacity along the following diagram. |
| war. Led by Samsung flat-panel display suppliers are | | | | Semiconductor laser diode (LD) is the optical storage |
| actively expanding production capacity, building new | | | | system, a key component, CD key to use a |
| production lines to meet market needs. | | | | wavelength of 780nm semiconductor lasers, DVD use |
| LCD monitors main directions of development are: | | | | a wavelength of 650nm red semiconductor laser, |
| home TV from a PC monitor turned to expanding | | | | Blu-ray DVD using a wavelength of 405nm blue LD. |
| the screen size, lower costs and increase the | | | | This part of the patented technology largely by |
| brightness. PDP displays the main directions of | | | | foreign, especially Japanese companies held. |
| development are: to continuously reduce costs and | | | | CD storage market is basically saturated, the market |
| improve quality. | | | | began to decline in the total, while the DVD demand |
| China currently has BOE, SVA two manufacturers | | | | has begun to rise. In 2002, DVD laser sales total 148 |
| LCD, but technology is not advanced enough. In such | | | | million on sales of 4.48 billion U.S. dollars. According to |
| circumstances, the Chinese color TV enterprises will | | | | the Organization has forecast for the DVD of the |
| face pressure from two sides. First, the value of | | | | 650nm laser will be an annual growth rate of 7% |
| extrusion, because the focus of significant industrial | | | | growth in 2009 will reach 1.5 billion. The main |
| value upward, from the color TV sets to the display | | | | manufacturers are Sony, Sharp, Mitsubishi, and |
| panel mobile, the value of income share of Chinese | | | | Matsushita, these companies market share of 75%. |
| enterprises will become increasingly low. Second, the | | | | For its part, the basic situation is a huge market and |
| upper reaches of extrusion, vertical integration of | | | | production, but the lack of independent intellectual |
| large enterprises by controlling the key components | | | | property rights. The first half of 2005 China's optical |
| of the upper reaches of manipulating the prices of | | | | storage sales in 2004 rose 16.8 percent over the |
| upstream products and cross-subsidies, etc., so that | | | | same period, the market growth rate than previous |
| Chinese enterprises to be marginalized. As the flat | | | | market expectations. |
| panel display production line of a huge investment | | | | According to statistics, more than 80% of the core |
| required, for example, seventh-generation LCD | | | | components of optical disc machine head, more than |
| production line invested billions of dollars for the | | | | 85% of the players, more than 75% of the recorder |
| Chinese color TV enterprises is difficult to afford on | | | | are produced in China. Although more than 80% of |
| their own. In this case, how the introduction of | | | | the optical head produced in China, but Chinese |
| national policy guidance laid down digestion and | | | | companies accounted for only 7% of independent |
| absorption of another innovative way to achieve | | | | production, but mostly CD optical head. Player output |
| leapfrog development, Chinese enterprises are facing | | | | was immense, but most of them are assembled |
| serious challenges. | | | | processing. Recorder are almost always produced by |
| OLED displays | | | | foreign-invested enterprises, Chinese enterprises are |
| Organic electroluminescent (Organic Electro | | | | hardly mentioned. |
| Luminescence), referred to as OEL, in recent years, | | | | In addition, the CD-ROM machine is a dedicated chip, |
| one of the most popular light-emitting technologies, | | | | all rely on imports. To DVD industry, for example, |
| of which small-molecule light-emitting device is known | | | | using a Japanese expert as saying: "In the DVD |
| as organic light-emitting diode OLED (Organic | | | | industry, the world's smiley face curve (also known |
| light-emitting diode). The main advantage of OLED is | | | | as U-shaped curve), China faces the chin in the end - |
| a self-luminous, high brightness, high efficiency, large | | | | only to have assembled a strong processing capacity, |
| angle. | | | | not in the hands standards and core patents. while |
| 1997 Pioneer Electronics of Japan launched a | | | | Japan and the United States were at the top of the |
| commercialized OLED products - car audio display, | | | | curve two Japanese companies control almost all of |
| which greatly encouraged the industry to the OLED | | | | the core patented technologies, including 95% of the |
| of investor confidence. According to statistics, now | | | | optical head, 99% of the core components of the |
| the global OLED market, adding there are 100 or | | | | optical lens patents; and the United States by virtue |
| more vendors to compete, we all want in this | | | | of a powerful Hollywood The programming capacity, |
| emerging market, the future of display technology an | | | | as the world's largest CD-ROM content production |
| upper hand. The 2005 World OLED market size of | | | | base. " |
| 518 million U.S. dollars, with the major vendors actively | | | | This is the kind of cheap labor, consumption of |
| involved in the development and mass production | | | | resources, destroying the environment at the |
| technology, OLED market will continue its rapid | | | | expense of economic growth itself. |
| growth is forecast in 2009 OLED industry scale may | | | | It from one angle, the CPC Central Committee put |
| exceed 5.0 billion. | | | | forward the "to enhance capability of independent |
| Currently, OLED is mainly used in small-size screen | | | | innovation and building innovation-oriented country" a |
| display, such as mobile phones, digital cameras, MP4 | | | | major strategic decision the correctness of the |
| players, screens and so on. To become mainstream | | | | patent description, standards, brands, trademarks and |
| large-screen OLED displays still have a long way to | | | | other independent innovation for businesses is critical. |
| go. First of all, LCD and PDP also has a strong | | | | In the optical storage industry, the main trend is |
| market, as just introduced a new technology, it is | | | | becoming shorter and shorter wavelengths, storage |
| difficult in a short time under the control of the | | | | density, higher and higher. Now the mainstream |
| current occupation of LCD market share. Second, the | | | | market to Red DVD, but Blu-ray DVD will soon enter |
| current OLED There are still some technical problems, | | | | the market. |
| such as a shorter life span than LCD. In addition, as | | | | Energy and semiconductor lighting: great potential for |
| technology and cost issues, OLED screen products | | | | development |
| are also large-scale production can not be achieved. | | | | Energy is this century's most prominent global issues, |
| But experts generally believe that, after 2010, OLED | | | | energy industry will become the pillar industries in the |
| display may gradually replace the LCD screen. | | | | world, one of the market potential in this area would |
| Optical Communication: the need for new business | | | | be enormous. |
| boost | | | | In the optoelectronics industry, the most |
| Information explosion in today's society, society | | | | representative for the energy sector is the |
| surge in demand for information capacity, while the | | | | semiconductor lighting industry and photovoltaic |
| emergence of optical communications high-capacity | | | | industry (solar cells). |
| information transmission is possible. Optical | | | | Semiconductor Lighting |
| communication industry in the optoelectronics industry | | | | The most critical semiconductor lighting devices are |
| occupies an important position, it can be divided into | | | | white LED, semiconductor lighting Due to |
| three parts: optical transmission equipment, optical | | | | pollution-free, long life, light-emitting efficiency can be |
| fiber cable, optical component. Optical transmission | | | | much higher than conventional lighting and other |
| equipment which mainly refers to the optical | | | | features, will be an effective means of energy-saving |
| communication transmission system solutions, including | | | | and environmentally friendly lighting. The experts do |
| DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) | | | | calculations, China's current annual electricity used for |
| products, SONET / SDH products, as well as ASON | | | | lighting close to 250 billion degrees, if it is to have 1 / |
| (Automatically Switched Optical Network), CWDM | | | | 3 using semiconductor lighting, saving 80 billion a year |
| (coarse wavelength division multiplexing), MSTP | | | | degrees can be equivalent to the annual Three |
| (Multi-Service Transport Platform), ULH (ultra-long | | | | Gorges Power Station generating capacity. |
| distance optical transmission) and other advanced | | | | World's three major lighting manufacturers - General |
| technologies. | | | | Electric, Philips, Osram and semiconductor companies |
| Optical fiber cable is the optical transmission medium. | | | | have already set up semiconductor lighting company. |
| Optics refers to optical communication systems are | | | | These developments indicate the semiconductor |
| mainly used in active and passive optical components, | | | | lighting industry, a leap-forward development of the |
| including semiconductor lasers, semiconductor optical | | | | critical point is coming. |
| amplifiers, optical fiber amplifiers (EDFA), WDM | | | | But now, the luminous efficiency white LED is not |
| multiplexing / de-multiplexer, connectors and couplers, | | | | enough to replace traditional fluorescent lighting, |
| etc. . Optical communications industry since 2000, | | | | experts predict that by 2015, after the spring of |
| reached a peak in the second half, the overall | | | | semiconductor lighting and then gradually come. Prior |
| industry trend of depressed until the end of 2004, | | | | to that, LED industry is mainly concentrated in |
| and gradually with the recovery trend, mainly due to | | | | backlight, automobile lights, special lights, traditional |
| the information needs of increasing demand for | | | | lights market and so on. |
| communication bandwidth-increasing. | | | | Solar |
| Optical transmission equipment | | | | Photovoltaic (solar cells) is another industry with a |
| 2003 -2004 year, the field of optical transmission | | | | bright future for the industry, large-yang energy is |
| equipment, there have been signs of warming. Global | | | | inexhaustible. Since 1999, countries in the world, |
| optical network equipment market, a major supplier | | | | especially the United States, Japan, Germany and |
| of Alcatel in 2004's second quarter sales rose 3.7% | | | | other Western developed countries have launched |
| to 3.1 billion euros. In fact, the recovery of optical | | | | large-scale national development plans and |
| transmission equipment industry indicates that the | | | | photovoltaic solar roofs program to stimulate and |
| overall recovery in optical communication industry | | | | promote, the world PV industry at an annual growth |
| began. At present the development of optical | | | | rate of more than 30% maintained a rapid |
| transmission equipment industry, there are three main | | | | development. |
| trends: investment hot spots from the light optical | | | | PV industry experts predict will be the first half of |
| metro backbone network turned to new technologies | | | | the 21st century has become an important basis for |
| such as ASON, MSTP and so began the occupation | | | | energy sources. Faced with such a broad |
| of the market, optical access network, such as FTTH | | | | development prospects of photovoltaic enterprises |
| and other research and development is becoming a | | | | have a tendency to rush to expand production |
| hot spot. | | | | capacity. But the objective reality is that on the one |
| Optical Fiber and Cable | | | | hand the expansion of the whole industry chain is not |
| Optical fiber cable in 2002 entered the stage of | | | | synchronized, showing the whole industry chain, |
| excess capacity, the global demand for optical fiber | | | | "great on the small" a "pyramid" pattern of silicon |
| and cable market, a substantial decline in demand | | | | vendors rate of expansion of production capacity has |
| from 2001 to about 100 million kilometers down to | | | | lagged far behind in the cell-chip factories; the other |
| about 60 million kilometers. Growth of optical fiber | | | | hand, for the protection of their international |
| and cable manufacturing costs, while prices fell, | | | | competitiveness of solar cells, solar panels required |
| making the situation more and more difficult optical | | | | for the core of the export of raw materials in Japan, |
| fiber and cable businesses. Corning, vice president and | | | | Germany, Sweden and other countries have reduced |
| general manager of the fiber optic business, Mr. Eric | | | | the supply to China, the domestic photovoltaic |
| S. Musser made OFC/NFOEC2005, the future trends | | | | majority of upstream and downstream enterprises in |
| are: low water absorption peak fiber, 50mm | | | | the "bricks without straw" position. |
| multi-mode fiber, G.656 fiber, plastic optical fiber | | | | |