We present the theory and experiment of metal-cavity nanolasers and nanoLEDs flip-chip bonded to silicon under electrical injection at room temperature. We first review the recent progress on microand nanolasers. We then present the design rule and our theoretical model. We show the experimental results of our metal-cavity surface-emitting microlasers and compare with our theoretical results showing an excellent agreement. We found the important contributions of the nonradiative recombination currents including Auger recombination, surface recombination, and leakage currents. Finally, experimental demonstration of electrical injection nanoLEDs toward subwavelength nanoscale lasers is reported. key words: nanolasers, nanoLEDs, microcavity, plasmonic waveguides, metal cavity