Tunable spin‐flip Raman and recombination laser emission from [Hg,Cd]Te have been observed using a chopped‐cw CO2laser as the pump. Peak powers of over 1 mW and average powers of over 100 &mgr;W have been obtained for both the spin‐flip Raman and recombination emissions with conversion efficiencies of over 0.3%. A zero‐fieldgfactor of ‖82‖±3 has been measured, corresponding to a conduction band‐edge effective‐mass ratio of 0.0098±0.0004.