The global silicon photonics market is estimated to grow from $1.12 million in 2010 to $2.02 billion in 2015, at an estimated CAGR of 78.2% from 2010 to 2015. Silicon photonics technology is gaining ground as a low cost alternative technology that can address speed and bulk data transfer challenges faced by microelectronics. The silicon photonics market is in its infancy and is expected to be commercialized by 2016.

Amongst all the silicon photonics products, in 2010, the wavelength division multiplex filters contributed $35,212.3 thousand to the global silicon photonics market. This is mainly due to early commercialization and extensive usage in optical switches and transceivers devices. However, silicon photonics LED market is expected to grow with relatively high CAGR of 87.6% from 2010 to 2015 due to an increasing need of efficient light source in small distance communication networks.

At present, Northern America dominates the silicon photonics market generating $59,667 thousand in 2010 and is expected to reach $849,587 thousand in 2015 with a CAGR of 70.1% from 2010 to 2015.

Scope of the report

This research report categorizes the global silicon photonics market on the basis of different products, product devices, applications and geography; forecasting revenues, and analyzing trends in each of the silicon photonics products and devices.

On the basis of applications

Applications such as telecommunications, information processing, displays, sensing, metrology, medicines, consumer electronics and others

On the basis of geography

North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and ROW are covered in the report.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
 
1 INTRODUCTION
  1.1 KEY TAKE-AWAYS
  1.2 REPORT DESCRIPTION
  1.3 MARKETS COVERED
  1.4 STAKEHOLDERS
  1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 
2 SUMMARY
 
3 MARKET OVERVIEW
  3.1 EVOLUTION OF SILICON PHOTONICS
  3.2 BUILDING BLOCKS OF SILICON PHOTONICS
  3.3 SILICON PHOTONICS: TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
  3.4 COMPARISON OF INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES
  3.5 SILICON PHOTONICS INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES
      3.5.1 SILICON SUB-MOUNT TECHNOLOGY
      3.5.2 SILICA/SILICON PASSIVE WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY
      3.5.3 PASSIVE OPTICAL ALIGNMENT
  3.6 INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLE OF SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET
  3.7 COMPETITIVE MARKET POSITIOING OF SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCTS
      3.7.1 SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCTS
      3.7.2 SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCTS DEVICES
  3.8 MARKET DYNAMICS OF SILICON PHOTONICS
      3.8.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            3.8.1.1 Low cost of silicon photonics products
            3.8.1.2 Lower power consumption
            3.8.1.3 Demand for high data volume transfer
      3.8.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS
            3.8.2.1 Possibility of thermal effect
      3.8.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            3.8.3.1 Government funding
  3.9 MARKET SHARE ANALYSIS
  3.10 WINNING IMPERATIVES AND MARKET TRENDS
       3.10.1 FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE
       3.10.2 TRANSITION OF SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET
  3.11 BURNING ISSUES
       3.11.1 COMPATIBILITY WITH COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
  3.12 PATENT ANALYSIS
 
4 PRODUCT MARKET
  4.1 SILICON PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES
      4.1.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            4.1.1.1 Low bending loss of waves
            4.1.1.2 Better line-to-line resolution
      4.1.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS
            4.1.2.1 Waveguides become bulky
            4.1.2.2 Fabrication difficulties
      4.1.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            4.1.3.1 Monolithic waveguides
      4.1.4 PLANAR WAVEGUIDES
      4.1.5 STRIP WAVEGUIDES
      4.1.6 RIB WAVEGUIDES
      4.1.7 FIBER WAVEGUIDE
  4.2 SILICON OPTICAL MODULATORS
      4.2.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            4.2.1.1 Faster data transmission
            4.2.1.2 Low response time
            4.2.1.3 High resistivity to temperature change
      4.2.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS
            4.2.2.1 Performance depends on doping
      4.2.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            4.2.3.1 New device design approaches
      4.2.4 ABSORPTIVE MODULATORS
            4.2.4.1 Technologies for absorptive modulators
                    4.2.4.1.1 Franz-Keldysh effect
                    4.2.4.1.2 Quantum-confined stark effect (QCSE)
                    4.2.4.1.3 Plasma dispersion effect
            4.2.4.2 Technologies for refractive silicon photonic modulators
                    4.2.4.2.1 Electro-optic effect
                    4.2.4.2.2 Magneto-optic effect
                    4.2.4.2.3 Thermo-optic effect
                    4.2.4.2.4 Polarization changes in liquid crystals
  4.3 SILICON OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS
      4.3.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            4.3.1.1 High interconnects capacity
            4.3.1.2 High interconnect density
            4.3.1.3 Overcoming timing issues
      4.3.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS
            4.3.2.1 Large diameters of optical fibers
      4.3.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            4.3.3.1 Use in short optical pulses
      4.3.4 INTRA-CHIP INTERCONNECTS
      4.3.5 INTER-CHIP INTERCONNECTS
  4.4 WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER FILTERS
      4.4.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            4.4.1.1 High neighboring signal isolation
            4.4.1.2 Low polarization dependence
      4.4.2 RESTRAINTS
            4.4.2.1 Filter dependency on wavelengths
      4.4.3 OPPORTUNITY
            4.4.3.1 Cascading of filters can be eliminated
  4.5 SILICON LED
      4.5.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            4.5.1.1 Low weight
      4.5.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS
            4.5.2.1 Contamination in process
      4.5.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            4.5.3.1 All applications are not tapped
  4.6 SILICON PHOTONIC SENSORS
  4.7 SILICON PHOTONIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS/SOLAR CELLS
      4.7.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            4.7.1.1 High energy conversion efficiency
      4.7.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  4.8 OTHER SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCT DEVICES
  4.9 EMERGING SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCT DEVICES
      4.9.1 SILICON PHOTONIC LASERS
      4.9.2 SILICON PHOTONIC AMPLIFIERS
 
5 APPLICATION MARKET
  5.1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND DATA TRANSFER
      5.1.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            5.1.1.1 Faster data transmission
            5.1.1.2 Increase in bandwidth
            5.1.1.3 Low power requirement
            5.1.1.4 Elimination of electromagnetic interference
      5.1.2 MARKET RESTRAINTS
            5.1.2.1 Long-haul communication
      5.1.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            5.1.3.1 Short-reach communications
            5.1.3.2 Fiber to the home (FTTH) technology
      5.1.4 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS
            5.1.4.1 Market drivers
                    5.1.4.1.1 Cheaper light source
                    5.1.4.1.2 Microchip light detectors
            5.1.4.2 Restraints
                    5.1.4.2.1 Fiber optic replacement increases cost
                    5.1.4.2.2 Alignment problems
            5.1.4.3 Opportunities
                    5.1.4.3.1 Mobile broadband (MBB) communication systems
                    5.1.4.3.2 Optical down converter to microwave
  5.2 INFORMATION PROCESSING
  5.3 SENSING
  5.4 METROLOGY
      5.4.1 MARKET DRIVERS
            5.4.1.1 On-chip entanglement
            5.4.1.2 Precise real time measurement
      5.4.2 RESTRAINTS
      5.4.3 TIME AND FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS
      5.4.4 RANGE FINDING
  5.5 DISPLAYS
  5.6 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
  5.7 MEDICINE
  5.8 OTHERS
  5.9 EMERGING SILICON PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS
 
6 GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
  6.1 SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET: NORTH AMERICA
  6.2 SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET: EUROPE
  6.3 SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET: ASIA-PACIFIC (APAC)
  6.4 SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET: REST OF WORLD (ROW)
 
7 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  7.1 KEY GROWTH STRATEGIES
 
8 COMPANY PROFILES
  8.1 BELL LABS
      8.1.1 OVERVIEW
      8.1.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.1.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.1.4 STRATEGY
  8.2 CHIRAL PHOTONICS INC.
      8.2.1 OVERVIEW
      8.2.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.2.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.2.4 STRATEGY
      8.2.5 DEVELOPMENTS
  8.3 CYOPTICS
      8.3.1 OVERVIEW
      8.3.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.3.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.3.4 STRATEGY
      8.3.5 DEVELOPMENTS
  8.4 ENABLENCE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
      8.4.1 OVERVIEW
      8.4.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.4.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.4.4 STRATEGY
  8.5 FINISAR CORPORATION
      8.5.1 OVERVIEW
      8.5.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.5.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.5.4 STRATEGY
  8.6 HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS, K.K.
      8.6.1 OVERVIEW
      8.6.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.6.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.6.4 STRATEGY
      8.6.5 DEVELOPMENTS
  8.7 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
      8.7.1 OVERVIEW
      8.7.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.7.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.7.4 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
  8.8 IBM CORP.
      8.8.1 OVERVIEW
      8.8.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.8.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.8.4 STRATEGY
      8.8.5 DEVELOPMENTS
  8.9 INFINERA INC.
      8.9.1 OVERVIEW
      8.9.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.9.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.9.4 STRATEGY
      8.9.5 DEVELOPMENTS
 8.10 INNOLUME
      8.10.1 OVERVIEW
      8.10.2 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.10.3 STRATEGY
 8.11 INTEL
      8.11.1 OVERVIEW
      8.11.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.11.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.11.4 STRATEGY
      8.11.5 DEVELOPMENTS
 8.12 JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION (JDSU)
      8.12.1 OVERVIEW
      8.12.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.12.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
 8.13 KOTURA INC
      8.13.1 OVERVIEW
      8.13.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.13.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.13.4 STRATEGY
      8.13.5 DEVELOPMENTS
 8.14 LIGHTWIRE INC
      8.14.1 OVERVIEW
      8.14.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.14.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.14.4 STRATEGY
 8.15 LUXTERA, INC
      8.15.1 OVERVIEW
      8.15.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.15.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.15.4 STRATEGY
      8.15.5 DEVELOPMENTS
 8.16 OKI OPTICAL COMPONENTS
      8.16.1 OVERVIEW
      8.16.2 DEVELOPMENTS
 8.17 ST MICROELECTRONICS
      8.17.1 OVERVIEW
      8.17.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.17.3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
 8.18 ORACLE
      8.18.1 OVERVIEW
      8.18.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
      8.18.3 STRATEGY
      8.18.4 DEVELOPMENTS
 8.19 TRANSLUCENT INC
      8.19.1 OVERVIEW
      8.19.2 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
      8.19.3 STRATEGY
 
APPENDIX 
 U.S. PATENTS
 EUROPE PATENTS
 JAPAN PATENTS
  
LIST OF TABLES 

1 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET, BY PRODUCTS 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
2 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONIC MARKET, BY PRODUCT DEVICES 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
3 APPLICATIONS OF PASSIVE COMPONENTS
4 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON PHOTONICS
5 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF SILICON PHOTONICS
6 GOVERNMENT FUNDING
7 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES MARKET, BY TYPES, 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
8 SILICON PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
9 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON PHOTONICS WAVEGUIDES
10 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF SILICON PHOTONICS WAVEGUIDES
11 SILICON PHOTONIC PLANAR WAVEGUIDES MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
12 SILICON PHOTONIC STRIP WAVEGUIDES MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
13 SILICON PHOTONIC RIB WAVEGUIDES MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
14 SILICON PHOTONIC FIBER WAVEGUIDES MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
15 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONIC OPTICAL MODULATORS MARKET, BY PRODUCTS 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
16 SILICON PHOTONIC OPTICAL MODULATORS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
17 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON OPTICAL MODULATORS
18 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF SILICON OPTICAL MODULATORS
19 SILICON PHOTONIC ABSORPTIVE MODULATORS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
20 SILICON PHOTONIC ABSORPTIVE MODULATORS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
21 SILICON PHOTONIC FRANZ-KELDYSH MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2011 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
22 SILICON PHOTONIC QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2011 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
23 SILICON PHOTONIC PLASMA DISPERSION MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
24 SILICON PHOTONIC REFRACTIVE MODULATORS MARKET, BY PRODUCTS 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
25 SILICON PHOTONIC REFRACTIVE MODULATORS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
26 SILICON PHOTONIC ELECTRO-OPTIC MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
27 SILICON PHOTONIC MAGNETO-OPTIC MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2011 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
28 SILICON PHOTONIC THERMO-OPTIC MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
29 SILICON PHOTONIC POLARIZATION CHANGES IN LIQUID CRYSTALS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2011 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
30 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONIC OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS MARKET, BY PRODUCT 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
31 SILICON PHOTONIC OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
32 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON OPTICAL INTERCONNECT
33 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF SILICON OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS
34 SILICON PHOTONIC INTRA-CHIP INTERCONNECTS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
35 SILICON PHOTONIC INTER-CHIP INTERCONNECTS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2010 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
36 SILICON PHOTONIC WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER FILTERS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
37 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER FILTERS
38 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER FILTERS
39 SILICON PHOTONIC LED MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2010 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
40 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON PHOTONICS IC
41 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON PHOTONICS IC
42 SILICON PHOTONIC SENSORS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2010 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
43 SILICON PHOTONIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS/SOLAR CELLS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2010 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
44 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF SILICON PHOTONICS SOLAR CELLS
45 OTHER SILICON PHOTONIC PRODUCT DEVICE MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
46 MAJOR PLAYERS AND DEVELOPMENTS
47 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET, BY APPLICATIONS 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
48 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONICS TELECOMMUNICATION MARKET 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND) 
49 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
50 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF TELECOMMUNICATION
51 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS OF FIBER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
52 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS OF FIBER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
53 GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONICS METROLOGY MARKET, BY APPLICATIONS, 2010 - 2015 ($THOUSAND)
54 OTHER APPLICATIONS OF SILICON PHOTONICS
55 EMERGING APPLICATIONS OF SILICON PHOTONICS
56 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
57 COLLABORATION/PARTNERSHIP/AGREEMENT/CONTRACT
58 NEW PRODUCTS LAUNCH

LIST OF FIGURES

1 KEY PLAYERS IN THE SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY
2 EVOLUTION OF SILICON PHOTONICS
3 PARENTAL STRUCTURE OF SILICON PHOTONICS
4 BUILDING BLOCKS OF SILICON PHOTONICS DEVICES
5 TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS
6 COMPARISON OF INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES
7 INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLE
8 MARKET POSITIONING OF GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCTS (2015)
9 MARKET POSITIONING OF GLOBAL SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCT DEVICES (2015)
10 MARKET SHARE OF SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET (2010)
11 SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCTS GEOGRAPHICAL TRENDS (2010 – 2015) 
12 SILICON PHOTONICS PRODUCT DEVICES GEOGRAPHICAL TRENDS (2010 – 2015)
13 SILICON PHOTONICS PATENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY (2009 – FEBRUARY 2011) 
14 TOTAL NUMBER OF PATENTS FROM (2010 - 2011E)
15 NORTH AMERICAN SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET 2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
16 EUROPEAN SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET  2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
17 APAC SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET  2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
18 ROW SILICON PHOTONICS MARKET  2008 – 2015 ($THOUSAND)
19 KEY GROWTH STRATEGIES

The global silicon photonics market is estimated to grow from $1.12 million in 2010 to $2.02 billion in 2015, at an estimated CAGR of 78.2% from 2010 to 2015. Silicon photonics technology is gaining ground as a low cost alternative technology that can address speed and bulk data transfer challenges faced by microelectronics. The silicon photonics market is in its infancy and is expected to be commercialized by 2016.

Amongst all the silicon photonics products, in 2010, the wavelength division multiplex filters contributed $35,212.3 thousand to the global silicon photonics market. This is mainly due to early commercialization and extensive usage in optical switches and transceivers devices. However, silicon photonics LED market is expected to grow with relatively high CAGR of 87.6% from 2010 to 2015 due to an increasing need of efficient light source in small distance communication networks.

Northern America dominates the silicon photonics market generating $59,667 thousand in 2010 and is expected to reach $849,587 thousand in 2015 with a CAGR of 70.1% from 2010 to 2015.

Some of the major players in the global silicon photonics market are Kotura (U.S.), Lightwire (U.S.), Luxtera (U.S.), Chiral Photonics (U.S.), and others.