Systems and methods for optical full-field transmission using photonic integration

An optical full-field transmitter for an optical communications network, the transmitter comprising:

• a parent laser source configured to provide a narrow spectral linewidth for a primary laser signal;
• a first child laser in communication with a first amplitude data source, the first child laser configured to modulate the first amplitude data source onto an output first amplitude-modulated optical signal;
• and
• a first phase modulator in communication with a first phase data source and the first amplitude-modulated optical signal, the first phase modulator configured to implement phase modulation on the first amplitude-modulated optical signal to output a first two-stage full-field optical signal,
• wherein the parent laser source has a structure based on a III-V compound, and
• wherein the amplitude modulation by the first child laser is orthogonal to the phase modulation by the first phase modulator.