ResearchMoz has added a new report titled ‘Mid Infrared (IR) Sensors Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, Nanotechnology, 2012 to 2018’ to its offering.
According to the research report released by WinterGreen Research, the global market for mid infrared sensors is expected to increase from $509 million in the fiscal year 2011 to $5 billion by the fiscal year 2018. The applications of these sensors in the military sector have represented a major share in the global mid infrared sensor market during the first three quarters of the fiscal year 2011. The applications of CO2 building sensors and units in various markets represents the remaining share of the market.
The mid infrared sensors are useful in the advancement of solid state technology that has huge potential. These self-sufficient sensors can be traced out in the field and eliminate the requirement for replacing batteries, marking their significant market potential. Their size and low cost are also major advantages.
In the 3-12 m spectral range, mid infrared optical chemical sensor technology is playing an important role in biomedical field, surveillance and security applications, environmental analysis and process monitoring. Nanophotonic beam structures can be designed as optical NEMS sensors. By creating a micro-cavity inside the line defect, resonators can be designed based on silicon photonic crystals, which create the resonant band gap structure for photonic crystals.
Mid infrared sensors are capable of measuring chemical composition of gases and materials in an unprecedented manner at low cost. They are being equipped for applications in commercial systems such as wireless network systems.
Mid infrared laser sensors can measure variations in temperature, chemistry and device condition remotely at low costs. The extensive availability of Internet powers wireless devices. The demand for sensing devices is ever-increasing due to the global demand for remote connectivity. Mid infrared sensors find applications in real-time combustion controls, pollution monitoring, remote gas leak detection, industrial process controls, , medical diagnostics, explosives detection, chemical warfare agent detection, infrared countermeasures, military communications and homeland security.
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