Figure 5: Timing jitter PSD and integrated rms timing jitter measurement results of the mode-locked laser oscillator and its supercontinuum output.

(a) Timing jitter of the oscillator measured by the 45-m-long fibre link. (b) Timing jitter of supercontinuum output measured by the 45-m-long fibre link. (c) Timing jitter of the oscillator measured by direct photodetection and signal source analyser. (d) Timing jitter of the supercontinuum output measured by direct photodetection and signal source analyser. (e) Projected excess timing jitter by amplitude-to-phase conversion in photodetection for the oscillator. (f) Projected excess timing jitter by amplitude-to-phase conversion in photodetection for the supercontinuum. Inset shows the measured RIN spectra of the oscillator and supercontinuum outputs.