The Global Beam Expander Market size was USD 1.29 billion in 2021. The market is projected to grow from USD 2.17 billion in 2021 to USD 11.36 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 6.78% during the forecast period in 2021-2028. Beam expanders are optical devices that are widely used to keep the beam collimated or vary the size of the focus point for a specific focusing lens in systems with a long beam path. Collimators or up-collimators are other names for them. These beam expanders are used in a variety of applications, including laser scanning, optics, and remote sensing. The beam expanders increase the beam area quadratically in response to their magnification without affecting the overall energy contained inside the beam.
 

The expansion of access networks and optic transport in the telecom sector, as well as the rising use of fibre optics in cable, broadband, and data communication services, are driving demand for beam expanders. Defense and aerospace, healthcare, telecommunications, energy and utilities, industrial applications, and other verticals are seeing a growth in the use of beam expander devices. Fiber optic and access networks have exploded in popularity in the telecommunications industry. The private data communication, cable TV, specialist, and instrumentation segments drive the fibre optic beam expanders market. In a variety of areas, such as military and defence, scientific research and instrumentation, medical, industrial, and commercial, fibre optic cabling is recognised as one of the most secure communication systems. All of these new applications are driving the market for beam expanders.
 

Design Type Outlook

The Galilean segment accounted for the larger market share for the global beam expander market. Galilean beam expanders are used in a wide range of applications due to their simplicity of design, low cost, and small package size, as well as their ability to generate high intensity laser beams with changeable focal lengths.
 

The Keplerian is expected to grow at the highest growth rate over the forecast period, owing to the increased applications that require an intermediate focal point with a pinhole for spatial filtering because the intermediate focus creates high-grade reference wave fronts with a homogeneous intensity.
 

Device Type Outlook

The optical communication segment accounted for the larger share of the global beam expander market owing to wide variety of applications in optical communication equipment including transmitters, switches, modulators, circulators, isolators, attenuators, optical signal processing and others.
 

Application Outlook

The industrial segment accounted for the larger share of the global beam expander market owing to growing usage fibre beam expander lenses and assistance to the manufacture of beam expanders fiber optic transport and access networks have been rapidly expanded on a huge scale in the telecommunications industry.
 

Regional Outlook

Asia Pacific accounted for the highest share in the global beam expander market in 2020. The market in this region is being driven by growing telecom operations and penetration in the region in order to serve the region's enormous population. The market is growing due to the growing need for beam expander devices to improve the efficiency of laser processing systems. The use of beam expanders in a variety of devices, such as optical communication devices, laser delivery systems and processing systems, measuring and testing devices, light detection and ranging devices, remote sensing devices, and others, will help the market grow.
 

Competitive Landscape

The report provides both, qualitative and quantitative research of beam expander market, as well as provides comprehensive insights and development methods adopted by the key contenders. The report also offers extensive research on the key players in this market and details on the competitiveness of these players. Key business strategies such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), affiliations, collaborations, and contracts adopted by these major market participants are also recognized and analyzed in the report. For each company, the report studies their global presence, competitors, service offerings and specification amongst others. Fiber optic telecommunications firms like EKSMA Optics play a critical part in the whole value chain in the telecommunications industry, from the creation of cutting-edge communications equipment like beam expanders to network deployment. Galilean type beam expanders are available in fixed and variable magnification variants from companies like Thorlabs for the UV, visible, near infrared, and mid-infrared spectral areas.
 

Some of the key players operating in the beam expander market are Diamond SA, Thor Labs, Inc., Qioptiq, Edmond Optics, Inc., Micro Laser Systems, Inc., Lumetrics, Inc. and Sill Optics GmbH.
 

Global Beam Expander market

By Design Type

• Galilean
• Keplerian

By Device Type

• Optical Communication
• Measurement
• Laser Systems
• Remote Sensing
• Lidar
• Others

By Application

• Defense
• Industrial
• Commercial
• Others

Key Players

• Diamond SA
• Thor Labs, Inc.
• Qioptiq
• Edmond Optics, Inc.
• Micro Laser Systems, Inc.
• Lumetrics, Inc.
• Sill Optics GmbH
• Jenoptik AG
• Optolita UAB
• Special Optics
• American Laser Enterprises LLC
• Sintec Optronics Technology Pte Ltd.