[IEEE 1997 Digest of the IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting: Vertical-Cavity Lasers/Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure/WDM Components Technology/Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications/Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devices (Cat. No.97TH8276) - Montreal, Que., Canada (1997.08.11-1997.08.13)] 1997 Digest of the IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting Vertical-Cavity Lasers/Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure/WDM Components Technology/Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications/Gallium Nitride Materials Processing and Devices (C LEOSST-97 - Authors index