• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.338-342
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• 2003

We have studied the properties of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in an optical fiber using optical pulses and continuous wave light. We find that the thresholds for SBS are the same when the averaged power of pulse light is the same as the power of cw light. From this result, the SBS threshold of pulse light can be deduced from that of continuous wave light, which can be obtained easily and accurately.