简介:A100-Gb/shigh-speedopticaltransmitterisproposedandexperimentallydemonstrated.Basedonfrequency-quadruplingtechnique,twosub-channelswithafixed50-GHzspacingareobtainedfromonelasersource.Usingreturn-to-zerodifferentialquadraturephase-shiftkeying(RZ-DQPSK)modulationformatandpolarizationmultiplexing(PolMux),onlylow-speedelectronicdevicesof12.5GHzareneededforthe100-Gb/stransmitter.Thiseliminatestheneedofultrahigh-speedoptoelectronicdevicesandthusgreatlyreducesthecost.Theexperimentalresultsshowthatthistransmittercanachievegoodperfor-manceindispersiontoleranceofa25-kmsinglemodefiber(SMF).