Fig. 1 a) Sketch of VCSEL layout with indicated device elements and current confinement b,c) L-I-V curve, DQE, WPE, and Ith of a typical 6.5 μm VCSEL at various heat-sink temperatures d) spectra of same device at a bias of I DC = 10mA at various heat-sink temperatures.Abstract: InP-based 1.3μm VCSELs employing two dielectric DBRs are presented. Because of reduced internal losses in the DBRs, high slope-efficiencies above 70%, and output-powers of 4.8mW are reported. The same devices feature modulation bandwidths beyond 12GHz.