A substrate (102) having a surface (103) with a first stack of distributed Bragg reflectors (106), a first cladding region (107), an active region (108), a second cladding region (109), a second stack of distributed Bragg reflectors (110), and a contact region (111) is provided. A mesa (131) with a surface...http://www.google.com/patents/US5482891?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5482891 - VCSEL with an intergrated heat sink and method of making
