Provided is a vertical cavity external surface emitting laser (VECSEL) apparatus in which incidence loss of a pumping beam can be reduced. The VECSEL apparatus includes: a laser chip including: an anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer to which a pumping beam is incident; a low Herpin Index distributed Bragg reflector (LHI-DBR) having a LHI stack structure; and a periodic gain layer that is formed on the LHI-DBR and generates laser light by being excited by the pumping beam; and an external cavity mirror that is installed outside the laser chip and faces the periodic gain layer and constitutes a laser cavity with the LHI-DBR.