Nice lurking in the shadow and thank you for this good reminder
VCSEL, such an interesting subject to research on, I've been busy today. So much applications for VCSEL in a healthy ever growing market (not my words).
"Finisar is committed to the most cost-effective technologies for our enterprise and data-center customers, and we are investing more in VCSEL-based products than ever before," says Rafik Ward, VP of marketing
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2015/mar/finisar_260315.shtml
Also, please refer to page 8 of this IBM presentation at OFC, Data Rate & Power: A Packaging Challenge
http://www.ofcconference.org/library/images/ofc/2014/Market%20Watch%20and%20SPS/6-Taubenblatt.pdf
Regards,