The output characteristics of a cw. HCN laser are investigated, and the optimum total flow of gases, total pressure and gas mixture ratio for each discharge current are discussed in detail. For developing a compact cw HCN laser, both the dependence of output power on the length
Lof an active medium and the enhancing effect of anauxiliary dc discharge on the output power are experimentally studied by introducing movable anodes in both laser and auxiliary tubes. It is found that the output power increases linearly with the length
Lup to 60cm in our laser and suffers a remarkable nonlinearity after that. These results are used successfully to obtain an unsaturated gain of our laser, and it is estimated to be about 0.24/m at the discharge current of 0.45 A.
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