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We report in this letter the fabrication of edge-alignment-coupled whispering gallery mode photonic-molecule microdisk by femtosecond laser direct writing of dye-doped resins, which results in single-mode lasing output. Under picosecond laser pumping, the excited energy is distributed at the disk periphery and the coupling happens at the overlapping edge of two disks. As a result of mode coupling through Vernier effect, single-mode lasing is achieved in two-microdisk and three-microdisk coupled lasers of various sizes. The effect in the coupled system is confirmed by numerical simulation. This letter may open up a new avenue to the 3-D integrated optoelectronics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We experimentally demonstrate fabrication of a spiral-shaped polymer microdisk cavity by femtosecond laser direct writing via two-photon polymerization of dye-doped resins. This spiral microresonator supports highly directional emission from the notch with a high- Q factor exceeding 1.6\,\times \,10^{3} and a low lasing threshold at room temperature. Our numerical simulation results reveal that clockwise propagating high- Q$ whispering gallery-like modes may couple to the counterclockwise modes and give the directional output. Benefiting from the low cost and good chemical compatibility of polymer materials, the fabrication of such spiral-shaped polymer microlasers with high- $Q$ and unidirectional emission holds great potentials for use as elements of integrated organic optoelectronic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]