The present invention discloses a hybrid optical amplifier coupling a
Raman fiber amplifier and a semiconductor optical amplifier, comprising:
a laser diode generating and radiating a laser light for a Raman optical
amplification; a wavelength division multiplexer passing an incident
signal light and radiating a laser light radiated from the laser diode in
a reverse direction of the incident signal light; and a gain clamped
semiconductor optical amplifier amplifying an optical signal light
radiated from the wavelength division multiplexer.