<p>An optical transmitter includes a semiconductor laser which is supplied with a frequency modulated current. An emitted light from the semiconductor laser is modulated in intensity by an intensity modulator in accordance with an information signal and becomes a signal light pulse. The spectral width DELTA nu m of the light and a power P s of the signal light pulse meet the following formulas: P s > Pth and <MATH> where P th is a threshold input light power when the stimulated Brillouin scattering begins to occur in the optical fiber in case of no frequency modulation of said light, DELTA nu B is the Brillouin gain bandwidth of the optical fiber, and DELTA nu s is the spectral width of the signal light in case of no frequency modulation of the light. <IMAGE></p>