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Parametrical Method for Determining Optimal Ship Carrying Capacity and Performance of Handling Equipment
PublicationThe paper presents a method of evaluating the optimal value of the cargo ships deadweight and the coupled optimal value of cargo handling capacity. The method may be useful at the stage of establishing the main owners requirements concerning the ship design parameters as well as for choosing a proper second hand ship for a given transportation task. The deadweight and the capacity are determined on the basis of a selected economic...
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An analytical hierarchy process for selection of the optimal procedure for resveratrol determination in wine samples
PublicationThe study shows the application of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in ranking the analytical procedures, that are applied for resveratrol determination in wine samples. 19 different analytical methodologies are described by metrological, economic and environmental criteria, that are further divided into 10 subcriteria. Before AHP application, the amount of input data is decreased with cluster analysis. The first run of AHP is...
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VIBRATION SURVEILLANCE DURING MILLING OF FLEXIBLE DETAILS WITH A USE OF THE ACTIVE OPTIMAL CONTROL
PublicationThe main goal of modern machining operations is to achieve increasingly better performance. High Speed Machining and/or High Performance Cutting, despite a lot of advantages, have also some drawbacks, for example, a possibility of losing stability and development of self-excited chatter vibration. This paper presents an approach of vibration surveillance during high speed milling with a use of active optimal control. Non-stationary...
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Gain Correction for Nearly Optimal Variable Fractional Sample Delay Filter Design
PublicationJedną z najbardziej efektywną numerycznie metodą projektowania filtrów jest metoda okien. Sprawia to, że takie podejście bardzo dobrze nadaje się do implementacji filtrów ułamkowoopóźniających o zmiennym opóźnieniu, gdzie wymagana jest częsta aktualizacja współczynników takiego filtru. Z drugiej strony, jeżeli wymagane są filtry wysokiej jakości wybór okna jest najczęściej problematyczny. Z tego powodu w pracy rozpatrzono użycie...
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Non-Contact Monitoring of ECG in the Home Environment—Selecting Optimal Electrode Configuration
PublicationCapacitive electrocardiography (cECG) is most often used in wearable or embedded measurement systems. The latter is considered in the paper. An optimal electrocardiographic lead, as an individual feature, was determined based on model studies. It was defined as the possibly highest value of the R-wave amplitude measured on the back of the examined person. The lead configuration was also analyzed in terms of minimizing its susceptibility...
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An optimal form of the finite element mass matrix in the analysis of longitudinal vibrations of rods
PublicationIn this paper, an attempt is made to find the optimal form of the mass matrix of a rod finite element, which allows one to obtain the smallest errors in the longitudinal frequency determination of natural vibrations of any boundary conditions within the whole range of determined frequencies. It is assumed that the mass matrix can be treated as a linear combination of the consistent and diagonal matrices. Based on analytical considerations,...
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Optimal Rotating Receiver Angles Estimation for Multicoil Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer
PublicationThis study proposed an approach to dynamic wireless charging that uses a rotating receiver coil. Our simulation study focused on the verification of a novel way of increasing the coupling coefficient and power transfer stability by following the flux of the transmitting coils. To obtain the highest possible coupling by means of the FEM analysis, we studied the optimization of the trajectory of the angular velocity of the rotating...
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Determination of the optimal curvature of the turnout diverging track for HSR using dynamic analysis
PublicationThe paper presents an analytical method of identifying the curvature of the turnout diverging track consisting of sections of varying curvature. Such turnout is mainly applied on High Speed Railway. Both linear and nonlinear (polynomial) curvatures of the turnout diverging track are considered in the paper. Obtained solutions enable to assume curvature values at the beginning and end point of the geometrical layout of the turnout.The...
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A modified method of vibration surveillance by using the optimal control at energy performance index
PublicationA method of vibration surveillance by using the optimal control at energy performance index has been creatively modified. The suggested original modification depends on consideration of direct relationship between the measured acceleration signal and the optimal control command. The paper presents the results of experiments and Hardware- in-the-loop simulations of a new active vibration reduction algorithm based on the energy...
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Optimal design and control tuning of the power generation interfaces using genetic algorithms
PublicationReferat przedstawia zastosowania algorytmów genetycznych do rozwiązywania klasycznych problemów w elektrotechnice. Zostały one zastosowane do optymalizacji parametrów regulatora VSC w celu zmniejszenia strat mocy i dostrajania tych parametrów w stanach przejściowych. Wyniki rozważań zostały potwierdzone za pomocą badań symulacyjnych.
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A possibility of vibration surveillance of the hybrid systems by the optimal control at energy performance index.
PublicationPraca poświęcona jest nadzorowaniu drgań niestacjonarnych układów mechanicznych modelowanych metodą elementów skończonych. W celu redukcji poziomu drgań wprowadzono zewnętrzne sygnały sterujące. Zdefiniowano uzmienniony w czasie energetyczny wskaźnik jakości. Uwzględnienie założenia o możliwości podziału układu na podukład modalny, podukład strukturalny oraz podukład łączący umożliwiło opis układu sterowanego we współrzędnych hybrydowych....
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Optimal programming of critical sections in modern network processors under performance requirements.
PublicationPrzegląd konstrukcji i zastosowań metod programowania sekcji krytycznych w nowoczesnych procesorach sieciowych rodziny Intel IXP. Porównanie wydajnościowe w formie tabeli.
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Optimal input design using sensitivity criterion for parametric identification of pharmacokinetic models
PublicationPrzedstawiono identyfikację parametryczną kompartmentowych modeli SISO zmiennych stanu systemów farmakokinetycznych. Struktura modelu formułowana jest na podstawie wiedzy a priori. Początkowe estymaty parametrów obliczane są w oparciu o pomiary zgromadzone w eksperymencie intuicyjnym. Na ich podstawie projektowane jest pobudzenie optymalne, które zapewnia najlepszą dokładność estymat parametrów. Przedstawiono optymalizację czułościową...
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Microsphere structure application for supercapacitor in situ temperature monitoring
PublicationConstant, real-time temperature monitoring of the supercapacitors for efficient energy usage is in high demand and seems to be crucial for further development of those elements. A fiber-optic sensor can be an effective optoelectronic device dedicated for in-situ temperature monitoring of supercapacitors. In this work, the application of the fiber-optic microstrucutre with thin zinc oxide (ZnO) coating fabricated in the atomic layer...
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Functional fluorine-doped tin oxide coating for opto-electrochemical label-free biosensors
PublicationSensors operating in multiple domains, such as optical and electrochemical, offer properties making biosensing more effective than those working in a single domain. To combine such domains in one sensing device, materials offering a certain set of properties are required. Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film is discussed in this work as functional optically for guiding lossy modes and simultaneously electrochemically, i.e....
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Pattern matching localization in ZigBee wireless sensor networks.
PublicationLokalizacja typu Pattern matching w sieciach sensorów bezprzewodowych ZigBee.Prezentacja metod implementacji algorytmów lokalizacji. Praktyczne zastosowanie i testowanie lokalizacji sieci ZigBee.
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Electrochemical sensor for measurement of volatile organic compounds in air
PublicationPrzedstawiono rezultaty badań prototypowego czujnika do oznaczania mrówczanu etylu i formaldehydu w powietrzu. Określono czułość wskazań czujnika i jego granice oznaczalności wykorzystując jako techniki detekcyjne pulsową woltamperometrię różnicową (DPV) oraz woltamperometrię fali prostokątnej (SWV). Elektrodę roboczą i przeciwelektrodę stanowiły elektrody z Pt. Elektrolitem wewnętrznym była ciecz jonowa (chlorek 1-heksylo,3-metyloimidazolinowy)....
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Distributed Trust Management Model for Wireless Sensor Networks
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an intelligent image processing sensor - the algorithm and the hardware implementation
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono algorytm przeznaczony do rozpoznawania obiektów ruchomych w obrazie do celu analizy ruchu pojazdów. Algorytm został zrealizowany w układzie FPGA.Ang.: This paper describes the idea and theimplementation of the robust algorithm dedicated toextraction of moving vehicles from real-time cameraimages for the evaluation of traffic parameters, suchas the number of vehicles, their direction of movementand their...
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Localization in wireless sensor networks based on zigbee platform
PublicationW artykule porównano dwie różne metody lokalizacji w sieciach sensorów bezprzewodowych. Jedną z metod jest implementacja sprzętowa algorytmu w układzie nadawczo odbiorczym CC2431. Drugą metodą jest implementacja programowa. Wyniki testów przeprowadzonych na otwartym terenie oraz w pomieszczeniach zamkniętych zostały przedstawione i porównane w pracy.
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Analog multiplier for a low-power integrated image sensor
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia nowe podejście do projektowania tanich niskomocowych zintegrowanych sensorów optycznych. W odróżnieniu od wcześniej stosowanych rozwiązań opartych na masowym przetwarzaniu równoległym, zaproponowany mnożnik macierzowy charakteryzuje się korzystniejszymi cechami. Proponowane rozwiązanie, chociaż mniej elastyczne w sensie liczby możliwych do zaimplementowania algorytmów wstępnej obróbki obrazu, cechuje się znaczącą...
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Wave propagation in a sensor/actuator diffusion bond model
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Analytical characteristics of a new amperometric sulfur dioxide sensor
PublicationZaprojektowano i skonstruowano wyposażony w układ trójelektrodowy amperometryczny czujnik ditlenku siarki. Elektroda pracująca czujnika była napylona bezpośrednio na powierzchnię membrany. Zbadano charakterystyki czujnika z membranami z mikroporowatego Teflonu oraz Nafionu. Porównano parametry statyczne i dynamiczne tych czujników wypełnionych roztworami elektrolitów wewnętrznych, zawierających dodatek dimetylosulfotlenku.
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Analog multiplier for a low-power integrated image sensor
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia nowe podejście do projektowania tanich niskomocowych zintegrowanych sensorów optycznych. W odróżnieniu od wcześniej stosowanych rozwiązań opartych na masowym przetwarzaniu równoległym, zaproponowany mnożnik macierzowy charakteryzuje się korzystniejszymi cechami. Proponowane rozwiązanie, chociaż mniej elastyczne w sensie liczby możliwych do zaimplementowania algorytmów wstępnej obróbki obrazu, cechuje się znaczącą...
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Influence of Humidity on Parameters of Amperometric Sensor with Nafion Membrane
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań wpływu umiarkowanych i wysokich wilgotności powietrza na sygnał, czułość i czas odpowiedzi prototypowego czujnika ditlenku siarki ze złotą elektrodą pracującą, próżniowo napyloną na powierzchnię membrany nafionowej. Zaprezentowano także wyniki badań impedancyjnych w zakresie potencjałów, w którym mechanizm utleniania ditlenku siarki jest kontrolowany aktywacyjnie i dyfuzyjnie. Parametry odpowiadające...
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Detection of Water on Road Surface with Acoustic Vector Sensor
PublicationThis paper presents a new approach to detecting the presence of water on a road surface, employing an acoustic vector sensor. The proposed method is based on sound intensity analysis in the frequency domain. Acoustic events, representing road vehicles, are detected in the sound intensity signals. The direction of the incoming sound is calculated for the individual spectral components of the intensity signal, and the components...
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Investigation of electrocatalytic gas sensor properties in presence of chlorine
PublicationProperties of sensor based on Nasicon with two round shaped platinum electrodes are investigated. Influence of different chlorine concentrations on the sensor response is presented. Measurements in different temperatures have been performed in order to determine optimal sensor working temperature.
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Trajectories detection in a distributed multi-sensor tracking system
PublicationW pracy rozważono problem śledzenia obiektów poruszających się za pomocą rozproszonego systemu wieloczujnikowego. Głównym zadaniem systemu śledzenia jest detekcja i estymacja trajektorii obiektów poruszających się w obserwowanej przestrzeni. Trajektoria obiektu to ciąg estymat kinematycznego stanu obiektu, jego pozycji, prędkości, itp. Klasyczne systemy śledzenia oparte są na filtrze Kalmana korzystającym z danych z pojedynczego...
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Potentiometric Oxygen Sensor with Solid State Reference Electrode
PublicationThe concentration or the partial pressure of oxygen in an environment can be determined using different measuring principles. For high temperature measurements of oxygen, ceramic-based sensors are the most practical. They are simple in construction, exploration and maintenance. A typical oxygen potentiometric sensor consists of an oxygen ion conducting solid electrolyte and two electrodes deposited...
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A novel sensor for measuring temperature profile during the thermoablation
PublicationAbstract — A novel approach for monitoring a temperature distribution inside a tissue during thermoablation is presented in the paper. A thermal profile is measured using a set of serially connected thermistors each bypassed by a capacitor. This technique allows a two-wire and simultaneous multi- point measurements using a multi-frequency measurement of electrical impedance. It is...
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Features extraction from the electrocatalytic gas sensor responses
PublicationOne of the types of gas sensors used for detection and identification of toxic-air pollutant is an electrocatalytic gas sensor. The electrocatalytic sensors are working in cyclic voltammetry mode, enable detection of various gases. Their response are in the form of I-V curves which contain information about the type and the concentration of measured volatile compound. However,...
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The secure transmission protocol of sensor Ad Hoc network
PublicationThe paper presents a secure protocol of radio Ad Hoc sensor network. This network operates based on TDMA multiple access method. Transmission rate on the radio channel is 57.6 kbps. The paper presents the construction of frames, types of packets and procedures for the authentication, assignment of time slots available to the node, releasing assigned slots and slots assignment conflict detection.
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Planar Microwave Bragg Reflector Resonant Dielectric Sensor
PublicationIn this paper, a periodic structure is used to design a microwave Bragg reflector with the help of hexagonal lattice, which provides a 5 GHz wide stopband between the low-pass band with cut-off frequency 2.6 GHz and the bandpass response with start and stop frequency 7.8 GHz and 10.5 GHz, respectively. A defect in lattice allows passing a narrowband signal at 6 GHz which is found, from the dispersion relation, to be in the region...
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Localization of sound sources with dual acoustic vector sensor
PublicationThe aim of the work is to estimate the position of sound sources. The proposed method uses a setup of two acoustic vector sensors (AVS). The intersection of azimuth rays from each AVS should indicate the position of a source. In practice, the result of position estimation using this method is an area rather than a point. This is a result of inaccuracy of the individual sensors, but more importantly, of the influence of a source...
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Influence of operation temperature instability on gas sensor performance
PublicationGas sensors based on the semiconducting metal-oxides, such as SnO2, have been found to be very useful for detecting a wide range of gases. The reversible interactions of the gas with the surface of the sensing layer made of semiconducting metal-oxides are responsible for changes of sensor resistance which is usually used as a measure of sensor response. Semiconductor gas sensors are commercially available and applied in numerous...
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Investigation of electrocatalytic gas sensor properties in presence of chlorine
PublicationIn this paper performance of an electrocatalytic sensor in presence of chlorine is investigated. Presented studies concern sensor prepared in ceramic technology based on NASICON as a solid electrolyte with two round shaped platinum electrodes. Measurements in different temperatures have been performed in order to determine optimal sensor working temperature.
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Determination of the Vehicles Speed Using Acoustic Vector Sensor
PublicationThe method for determining the speed of vehicles using acoustic vector sensor and sound intensity measurement technique was presented in the paper. First, the theoretical basis of the proposed method was explained. Next, the details of the developed algorithm of sound intensity processing both in time domain and in frequency domain were described. Optimization process of the method was also presented. Finally, the proposed measurement...
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A prototype of electrochemical sensor for measurement of carbonyl compounds in air
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on a prototype sensor for measurement of benzaldehyde and formaldehyde in air. Sensitivity, limit of quantification and coefficient of selectivity of the sensor have been determined as a function of membrane thickness and electrode type using square wave voltammetry (SWV) technique. The working and counter electrodes were made of platinum and gold. Ionic liquids 1-hexyl, 3-methylimidazolium...
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Photonic sensor to detect rapid changes in CRP levels
PublicationOne of the most important biomarkers used to determine inflammation is C-reactive protein (CRP). Its level, when it is within the range that does not define inflammation, informs about the risk of cardiovascular events. If the norm is exceeded and inflammation is detected in the body, CRP level can increase 1000 times within a few hours. The type of infection can also be determined based on the level of elevated CRP. All this makes...
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A model of the response of the MGS-6 gravity sensor to tilting
PublicationThe reliable interpretation of the measurements made by the Micro-g marine gravimetric system (MGS-6) depends on how the temporary changes of the scale coefficients such as gravimeter scale factor, vertical cross-coupling (VCC) effect, tiltmeter cross and tiltmeter long are compensated for during the signal analysis. The listed coefficients cannot be determined from readings during the measurements or by analysing the final data....
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Electrical properties of polymer humidity sensor based on polyethyleneimine.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań amperometrycznych właściwości czujników wilgotności na bazie PEI. Pokazano, że przepływ prądu jest wynikiem reakcji elektrodowej na anodzie.
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Targed tracking with adaptive fusionof multiple sensor measurements.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodę adaptacyjnej selekcji pomiarów z wielu radarów wykorzystywanych w procesie integracji pomiarów dla śledzenia obserwowanego obiektu. W przypadku dużego zróżnicowania dokładności pomiarów pochodzących z różnych radarów, rezultaty integracji pomiarów nie różnią się znacząco od wyników śledzenia opartego na pomiarach z najbardziej dokładnego źródła.
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White-light interferometric temperature sensor for biomedical diagnostic.
PublicationW artykule opisano opracowany model miniaturowego, światłowodowego czujnika temperatury z interferometrem Fabry-Perot wykorzystującego interferencję światła białego przeznaczonego do zastosowań biomedycznych. Analizowano czujnik wykonany ze światłowodu wielomodowego o skokowym profilu współczynnika załamania oraz ze światłowodu monomodowego. Zasadniczym celem był dobór parametrów mający na celu uzyskania maksymalnej widzialności...
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Optical Parameters Stability Over Time of Porous Phantoms Mimicking Tissues
Open Research DataOptical phantoms are used to validate optical measurement methods. The stability of their optical parameters over time allows them to be used and stored over long-term periods while maintaining their optical parameters. The aim of the presented research was to investigate the stability of fabricated porous phantoms, which can be used as a lung phantom...
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Structure and optical measurements of Eu doped tellurium oxide thin films
Open Research DataThin films were deposited by magnetron sputtering method and simultaneously heated at 200 oC. Presence of Eu ions and their valence states was confirmed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy measurements. The structure of the films as well as the influence of europium dopant on crystalline structure of the films was examined by X-ray diffraction method. ...
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Optical measurements of lithium titanate sol-gel derived thin films
Open Research DataNanocrystalline thin films with 800 nm thickness were prepared by sol–gel method. To examine the influence of the annealing time on as-prepared films crystallization, the coatings were heated at 550 °C for 10, 20 and 80 h. On the basis of transmission characteristic optical properties were calculated. It was found that transmission through the thin...
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Optical properties of TeOx gels doped with a mix of rare-earth ions
Open Research DataThe DataSet contains the UV-Vis spectra of the TeOx gels doped with a mix of rare-earth ions. The material was obtained by the sol-gel method. The starting solution was prepared by mixing telluric acid (precursor) with thetraetylene glycol, water, and ethanol. Next, the different molar concentration of rare-earth ions was added, nitrates were used...
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Józef Woźniak prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleProfessor Józef Woźniak received his M.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in electronics and telecommunications from the Faculty of Electronics, Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland, in 1971, 1976 and 1991, respectively. In January 2002 he became a full professor. In 1993 he was elected Associate Dean of the Faculty of Electronics and in 1994 he was he was appointed a Professor at GUT. Simultaneously, from October 1994 till...
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Fiber optic low-coherence Fabry-Pérot interferometer with ZnO layers in transmission and reflective mode: comparative study
PublicationA construction of a low-coherence fiber-optic Fabry-Pérot interferometer using a thin ZnO layer as a reflective surfaces was proposed and examined. In the investigated setup, the ZnO layer of thickness 200 nm were deposited on the face of the standard telecommunication single-mode optical fiber (SMF-28). Measurements of interference signal were performed for the interferometer working in the transmission and reflective mode, as...