Shipments of Photonic Components on the Rise
Mar 1, 1998 — Increased demand for personal computers and the growth of the Internet are two factors accounting for worldwide shipments of photonic components that exceeded $7.1 billion in 1997, an increase of 10 percent from the previous year. Market watchdog Strategies Unlimited, based in Mountain View, Calif., released the data as part of its survey of the top 50 photonic component suppliers. The survey includes shipments of light-emitting diodes, optocouplers, laser diodes, detectors, datacom and telecom...