Market Share of Global Shortwave Infrared Industry
Due to the presence of major vendors engaging in R&D to advance the technology provided, the shortwave infrared market is evolving toward a consolidated structure. The significant businesses include Princeton Instruments, Xenics, Sensors Unlimited (a United Technologies Company), FlirSystems Inc., Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- July 2022 - Artiluxand II-VI launched a miniature 3D camera that operates in the shortwave infrared. The camera, designed for 3D sensing in consumer devices and the automotive market, combines Artilux's GeSi sensor arrays with II-VI's indium phosphide semiconductor lasers. It features a high-bandwidth and high-quantum-efficiency GeSiSWIR sensor array based on a scalable CMOS technology platform.
- October 2021 - SWIR Vision Systems Inc., a next-generation image sensor solutions company catering to industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, and other applications, announced that it had closed a USD 5 million Series A financing round. Based on a unique quantum-dot photodiode sensor design, SWIR Vision's patented sensor solutions have provided high resolution, commercially available short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) cameras worldwide. The funding round is reported to aid the company in enhancing its technical abilities.
Shortwave Infrared Market Leaders
Flir Systems Inc.
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Sensors Unlimited
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
Xenics
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order