Microlasers and Microfilters： Principles and Possible Applications

Microlasers grown on a chip without any distributed Brags reflectors to provide the feedback are potentially useful for integrated optics, particularly if the laser emission in the plane is unidirectional and this direction can be switched. Microfilters performing as add/drop devices and bandpass units are now considered the most needed optical element for the DWDM field. The talk will concentrate on our research effort in GaN microlasers with non-circular shapes and in dielectric microfilters with oval and square shapes. (omitted)