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VCSELs

The vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL ; [v'ɪxl]) is a type of semiconductor laser diode with laser beam emission perpendicular from the top surface, contrary to conventional edge-emitting semiconductor lasers (also in-plane lasers) which emit from surfaces formed by cleaving the individual chip out of a wafer .