title: Statistical properties of stimulated Brillouin scattering in single-mode optical fibers above threshold.
abstract: We performed numerical simulations to obtain statistical and spectral characteristics of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) initiated by Gaussian noise in single-mode optical fibers. Recently published experimental spectra of SBS power [e.g., Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1879 (2000)] are explained completely by a one-dimensional SBS model. We give a clear physical insight into the problem and, for what is to our knowledge the first time, reveal how the probability function of Stokes power, the power-correlation function, and the SBS spectra evolve as key parameters of the model vary, leading to a modification of Stokes field statistics.
authors.forename: Andrei A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fotiadi
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kiyan
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deparis
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mégret
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blondel