Personal profile
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests
Optical fibre communications, optical amplification, fibre laser, semiconductor laser, free space optical communications, radio over fibre.
Biography
I am a Royal Society Short Industry Fellow and a Lecturer in Optical Communications at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT).
- Authored/co-authored over 140 papers in high-impact journals and conferences and over 20 invited presentations at international conferences
- PI/Co-I/R-Co-I of various grants with a total value exceeding £3.7M
- TPC member in ECOC 2026, Subcommittee Chair in TOP 2023-2026
- Associate Editor of IEEE Access
Teaching Activity
Module Leads of fours modules related to Optical Communications and Digital Communications
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member of Royal Society Industry College
Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
Member of Optica
Fellowship of Advance HE
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Comparison of S-band doped fiber amplifier and Raman amplifiers in long-haul coherent transmission
Pratiwi, D., Donodin, A., Phillips, I., Forysiak, W. & Tan, M., 1 Mar 2026, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 38, 5, p. 349-352 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhanced self-attention-assisted efficient multi-channel waveform modeling with stimulated Raman scattering effect
Wang, R., Lin, H., Wang, S., Liu, J., Zhang, J., Tan, M. & Qiu, K., 1 Apr 2026, In: Optics Letters. 51, 7, p. 1927-1930 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental Evaluation of Transmission of C+L+U bands over an Unrepeatered Link
Shaji, D. A., Lu´ıs, R. S., Orsuti, D., Zischler, L. A., Puttnam, B. J., Neves, M. S., Boriboon, B., Sciullo, G. D., Wu, Q., Tan, M., Pratiwi, D., Donodin, A., Phillips, I., Forysiak, W., Palmieri, L., Guiomar, F. P., Monteiro, P. P., Mecozzi, A., Antonelli, C. & Furukawa, H., 15 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 44, 4, p. 1249 - 1258 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-gain U-band discrete Raman amplifier for multi-band optical transmission systems
Pratiwi, D., Orsuti, D., Tan, M., Puttnam, B. J., Luis, R. S., Donodin, A., Phillips, I., Palmieri, L., Furukawa, H. & Forysiak, W., 1 Jan 2026, In: Optics Letters. 51, 1, p. 181-184 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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122.6 Tb/s S+C+L Band Unrepeatered Transmission over 223 km Link with Optimized Bidirectional Raman Amplification
Yang, J., Buglia, H., Jarmolovičius, M., Aparecido, R., Sillekens, E., Sohanpal, R., Tan, M., Pratiwi, D., Luis, R. S., Puttnam, B. J., Wakayama, Y., Stolte, R., Forysiak, W., Bayvel, P. & Killey, R. I., 15 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43, 4, p. 1893-1901 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Multi-span transmission of WDM signals with Mach-Zehnder Polarization Insensitive Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier
Bastamova, M. (Creator), Gordienko, V. (Creator), Sygletos, S. (Creator), Tan, M. (Creator), Pratiwi, D. (Creator), Donodin, A. (Creator), Doran, N. (Creator) & Ellis, A. D. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 27 Feb 2026
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000669, https://researchdata.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/669/
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High Gain U-Band Discrete Raman Amplifier for Multi-Band Optical Transmission Systems
Tan, M. (Creator) & Pratiwi, D. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 2 Dec 2025
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000663
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High-Speed Long-Haul Multi-Channel Nonlinear Optical Communication Systems Influenced by Equalization Enhanced Phase Noise
Tan, M. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 10 Jun 2022
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000553, https://researchdata.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/553/
Dataset
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Asymmetry optimization for a 10 THz OPC transmission utilizing C + L band using distributed Raman amplification
Rosa, P. (Creator), Rizzelli Martella, G. (Creator), Ania-Castanon, J. (Creator) & Tan, M. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 7 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000591, https://researchdata.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/591/
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Bandwidth extension in a mid-link optical phase conjugation using higher order Raman amplification with a single FBG
Tan, M. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 29 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000575, https://researchdata.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/575/
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Thesis
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Raman fibre laser based amplification in coherent transmission systems
Tan, M. (Author), Harper, P. (Supervisor) & Turitsyn, S. K. (Supervisor), 2016Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Prizes
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Outstanding Chinese Student Award for Non-government Funded Students
Tan, M. (Recipient), 1 Dec 2016
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IEEE Best Student Paper Award in Asian Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2015
Tan, M. (Recipient), 1 Dec 2015
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Great Britain-China Educational Trust (GBCET)- the Chinese Student Award
Tan, M. (Recipient), 15 Apr 2015
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IEEE Best Student Paper Award in Asian Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2014
Tan, M. (Recipient), 15 Nov 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)