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Research profile
Yunus focuses on understanding the requirements of future wireless/optical communications and quantum key distribution systems, and developing coded modulation and signal processing solutions for these systems using tools from information and communication theory. His research has received multiple awards, including Best Paper awards at the 2018 WIC/IEEE Symposium on Information Theory and Signal Processing in the Benelux and at the 2022 Optica Advanced Photonics Congress, a 2023 Quantum Delta NL exchange visit grant, and a 2024 International Excellence Fellowship from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Academic background
Yunus Can Gültekin received the B.Sc. and the M.Sc. degrees from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2013 and 2015, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2020 from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Netherlands. During 2020-2023, he held a postdoctoral position at TU/e. Since January 2024, he has been a permanent research staff member at TU/e. Since January 2023, he also does part-time freelance work.
Education and Teaching
Current: Digital Wireless Communication Exploration Lab (5LSK0), Communication Theory (5ETB0), Applications of Information Theory (5LSF0)
Past: Analog Electronics Lab, Digital Electornics Lab, Digital (Logic) Design Lab
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LaiQa: Leap in Advancing of Critical Quantum Key Distribution-Space Components
Alvarado, A. (Project Manager), Gültekin, Y. C. (Project member), Korevaar, W. (Project member) & Vacancy PHD (Project member)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Third tier
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BIT-FREE: Hybrid coded modulation for reliable and power-efficient coherent free-space optics
Alvarado, A. (Project Manager), Gültekin, Y. C. (Project member), Balatsoukas Stimming, A. (Project member), Wu, K. (Project member), Álvarez Roa, C. (Project member), Ertürk, E. (Project member), Langedijk, J. (Project member) & Lagendijk, J. (Project communication officer)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Second tier
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COCOLI: COmplexity-COnstrained LIght-coherent optical links
Alvarado, A. (Project Manager), Villenas Cortez, F. (Project member), Gültekin, Y. C. (Project member) & Vacancy PHD (Project member)
1/01/22 → 31/08/28
Project: Third tier
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DIGI-OPT: Digital and Optical Technologies for Fiber Optical Transmission
Alvarado, A. (Project Manager), Gültekin, Y. C. (Project member), Wu, K. (Project member), Goossens, S. (Project member), Ramachandran, V. (Project member), Tasiou, L. (Project member), Willems, F. M. J. (Project member), Lampel, F. (Project member), Barreiro, A. (Project member) & Clump-Busser, E. (Project member)
7/03/18 → 31/12/26
Project: Third tier
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FUN-NOTCH: Fundamentals of the Nonlinear Optical Channel
Alvarado, A. (Project Manager), Liga, G. (Project member), Barreiro, A. (Project member), Willems, F. M. J. (Project communication officer), Sanders, R. (Project communication officer), Alvarado, A. (Project communication officer), Barreiro, A. (Project communication officer), Sheikh, A. (Project member), Goossens, S. (Project member), de Jonge, M. (Project communication officer), Gültekin, Y. C. (Project member), Jaffal, Y. (Project member), Oliari, V. (Project member), Ramachandran, V. (Project member), Alvarado, A. (Project Manager), Gültekin, Y. C. (Project member), Oliari, V. (Project member), Liga, G. (Project member), Sheikh, A. (Project member), Barreiro, A. (Project member), Goossens, S. (Project member) & Ramachandran, V. (Project member)
1/01/18 → 30/06/25
Project: Third tier
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On Fiber Nonlinearity Mitigation via 4D Geometric Shaping for Next-Generation Single-Span Systems
Goossens, S. (Corresponding author), Can Gultekin, Y., Vassilieva, O., Kim, I., Palacharla, P., Okonkwo, C. & Alvarado, A., 15 Mar 2025, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 37, 6, p. 349-352 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Rate-Adaptive Reconciliation for Experimental Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution With Discrete Modulation Over a Free-Space Optical Link
Gümüş, K. (Corresponding author), Frazao, J. D. R., van Vliet, V., van der Heide, S., van den Hout, M., Liga, G., Gültekin, Y. C., Albores-Mejia, A., Bradley, T., Alvarado, A. & Okonkwo, C., 15 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43, 8, p. 3564-3573 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A Simplified FSO Channel Model with Weak Turbulence and Pointing Errors
Álvarez Roa, C., Gültekin, Y. C., Wu, K., Korevaar, C. W. & Alvarado, A., 2 Sept 2024, 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2024. Prudenzano, F. & Marciniak, M. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 6 p. 10647275Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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High-dimensional Reconciliation for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution over a Free-Space Optical Channel
Gümüş, K., Frazão, J., van Vliet, V., van der Heide, S., van den Hout, M., Liga, G., Gültekin, Y. C., Albores Mejia, A., Bradley, T., Alvarado, A. & Okonkwo, C. M., Aug 2024. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
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LaiQa: Shaping the Quantum Satellite Communications Beyond Eagle-1
Giannoulis, G., Lyras, N., Ntanos, A., Stathis, A., Sousanis, A., Mazarakis, G., Castro do Amaral, G., Satter, C., van der Veen, T., Dirks, B., Achatz, L., Fink, M., Pseiner, J., Menz, P., Freiwang, P., Marousis, A., Xilouris, E., Basilakos, S., Korevaar, C. W. & Gültekin, Y. C. & 7 others, , 2024, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO) . SPIEResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
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Optica Student Paper Award (SPPCom 2022)
Goossens, S. (Recipient), Gültekin, Y. C. (Recipient), Vassilieva, O. (Recipient), Kim, I. (Recipient), Palacharla, P. (Recipient), Okonkwo, C. M. (Recipient) & Alvarado, A. (Recipient), 28 Jul 2022
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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The Best Young PhD Researcher Paper Award
Gultekin, Y. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific