This invention provides a
hybrid-pumped single-frequency
fiber laser amplifier, comprising a single-frequency
laser seed source, a core-same-band pump source, a cladding pump source, and a
gain fiber. The core-same-band pump source employs a high-power
fiber laser whose transition is in the same energy band as the
signal light, which is doped with rare-earth ions in the
gain fiber. Its output pump light is coupled to the core of the
gain fiber and propagates within the core along with the
signal light. The cladding pump source employs a fiber-coupled multimode
semiconductor laser module whose emission
wavelength matches the absorption peak of the gain fiber. Its output pump light is coupled to the cladding of the gain fiber for propagation. The core-same-band pump source and the cladding pump source are configured to simultaneously provide pump light to the same or multiple segments of the gain fiber to amplify the
signal light in real time. The low
quantum defect characteristic of the core-same-band pump reduces fiber
thermal deposition, while the high-
power injection of the cladding pump achieves synergistic suppression of stimulated
Brillouin scattering and thermally induced mode
instability.