Global Fiber Optic MEMS Switches Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Fiber Optic MEMS Switches Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Fiber Optic MEMS Switches is to engrave a number of tiny mirrors on the silicon crystal. Through the action of electrostatic force or electromagnetic force, the micromirror array is rotated, thereby changing the propagation direction of the input light to realize the function of turning on and off the optical path.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market finds that the global Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market reached a value of USD 155.67 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 288.06 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 10.8% during the forecast period.

Application of Fiber Optic MEMS Switches in Optical Fiber Communication

Optical fiber communication is a communication method in which light waves are used as carriers and optical fibers are used as transmission media to transmit information from one place to another. Today, optical fiber is far superior to the transmission of cable and microwave communication because of its transmission frequency bandwidth, high anti-interference and low signal attenuation, and has become the main transmission method in world communication. With the rapid development of optical fiber communication networks, there is an increasing demand for optical passive devices including optical switches, which are used to reconfigure optical networks or increase their reliability. At present, there are mainly mechanical optical switches, thermo-optic switches, acousto-optic switches, electro-optic switches, magneto-optic switches, liquid crystal optical switches and Fiber Optic MEMS Switches on the market. People use MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology in the manufacture of optical switches, because using MEMS technology can improve the performance of optical switches, while reducing the size and cost of the device. In general, the continuous expansion of the optical fiber communication market will be one of the important driving factors for the development of the industry.

High technical barriers in the industry

MEMS are a new field of research and development that must consider the mixing of multiple physical fields at the same time. Compared with traditional machinery, their dimensions are smaller, the largest is no more than a centimeter, and some are even only a few microns, and their thickness is even smaller. Therefore, the development and manufacture of MEMS products need to include expertise in physics, chemistry, biology, etc. Second, MEMS require multiple process development techniques. The MEMS foundry business needs to handle multiple process development projects in parallel and utilize all engineering resources in the most efficient manner possible. Therefore, the production of Fiber Optic MEMS Switches has the characteristics of capital-intensive, technology-intensive and intelligence-intensive, which puts forward extremely high requirements on the company's financial strength, R&D investment, and technology accumulation. High technical barriers in the industry are one of the challenges facing market development.

Development of all-optical network

All Optical Network (AON, All Optical Network) refers to the fact that the network transmission and switching process are all realized through optical fibers, that is, the data transmission process from the source node to the destination node is carried out in the optical domain, and the electrical/optical transmission is only performed when entering and leaving the network. and light/electricity conversion. Because there is no need to implement electro-optical and photoelectric conversion in it, the network speed can be greatly improved. The main technologies of all-optical network include optical fiber technology, SDH, WDM, optical switching technology, OXC, passive optical network technology, optical fiber amplifier technology, etc. Among the various equipment and devices of all-optical network, optical cross-connect equipment (OXC) and optical add-drop multiplexing equipment (OADM) can be said to be the core device technologies of all-optical networking. Optical switches and optical switch arrays are the core technologies of OXC and OADM. The new optical switch made by MEMS technology is small in size, light in weight, low in energy consumption, compatible with large-scale integrated circuit manufacturing process, easy to mass-produce, integrated, convenient to expand, and conducive to cost reduction. Therefore, with the development of all-optical networks, the market demand for Fiber Optic MEMS Switches will continue to increase. Therefore, the development of all-optical network will be an opportunity for industry development.

Region Overview:

In 2021, the share of the Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market in North America stood at 31.40%.

Company Overview:

HYC

HYC was founded in Shenzhen, China in 2000. HYC is an influential ODM/JDM manufacturer of passive optical communication devices in the industry, focusing on providing customers with design, R&D, manufacturing, sales and service of passive basic optical components for optical communication. The company mainly produces and sells optical passive basic components such as optical fiber connectors (high-density optical connection products for data centers), WDM wavelength division multiplexers, PLC optical splitters, MEMS optical switches, high-speed module internal connection components, and optical backplane products. , widely used in fiber-to-the-home, 4G/5G mobile communications, Internet data centers, defense communications and other fields.

II-VI Incorporated

II-VI Incorporated is an American manufacturer of optical materials and semiconductors. The company's products include optical components such as lenses, windows and mirrors for CO2 laser manufacturers and users. II-VI Incorporated develops innovative products for diverse applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment and consumer markets.

HYC is one of the major players operating in the Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market, holding a share of 12.93% in 2022.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Single-mode Switches segment accounted for the largest share of market in 61.18%.

According to the applicable fiber types, it is divided into Single-mode Switches and Multimode Switches. Generally speaking, single-mode fiber can only allow one beam of light to propagate, so single-mode fiber has no mode dispersion characteristics. Multimode fiber allows multiple beams of light to propagate simultaneously in the fiber.

Application Overview:

The market's largest segment by application is the segment Fiber Optical Communication System, with a market share of 81.23% in 2021.

Fiber Optical Communication System

This application refers to the application of the product to various fiber optical communication system equipment. For example, it includes OXC (optical cross-connect) equipment, Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing system equipment, and the like.

Test Equipment

This application refers to the application of the product to the test instrument. For example, including optical time domain reflectometry and so on.

Key Companies in the global Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market covered in Chapter 3:

Sercalo Microtechnology
O-Net
HYGJ Communication
ADAMANT
Agiltron (Photonwares)
EXFO
Gezhi Photonics
Pickering Interfaces
II-VI Incorporated
DiCon Fiberoptics
GLsun Science and Tech
Accelink
Flyin Optronics
HUBER+SUHNER
Thorlabs
HYC

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Single-mode Switches
Multimode Switches

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Fiber Optic MEMS Switches market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Fiber Optical Communication System
Test Equipment

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)