Metodi Plamenov Yankov

Metodi Plamenov Yankov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His research focuses on advanced optical communication systems, nonlinear signal processing, and fiber-optic transmission technologies. He has contributed to projects involving Raman amplifiers, geometric constellation shaping, and low-complexity communication systems. Yankov has supervised multiple PhD students in areas like energy-efficient receivers and nonlinear fiber channel modeling.

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His work addresses challenges in optical fiber transmission performance, including unrepeated transmission over 300 km and reducing repeater usage in ultra-long-haul links. Research interests include channel coding, adaptive modulation techniques, and system design for next-generation optical networks.

Key publications from 2024-2025 explore topics like bidirectional Raman amplifier optimization and spatial distribution of data capacity. He received the IEEE GLOBECOM 2020 Best Paper Award for work on error correction coding and shaping in optical networks.

• Active projects: Energy-Efficient Receiver Design (2024-2027), Enhancing optical fiber transmission performance (2022-2025)

Labs/teams: Affiliated with DTU Fotonik (Photonics Laboratory) as indicated by website URL http://www.fotonik.dtu.dk.