Large spontaneous emission enhancement in plasmonic nanocavities

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 459-462

  Russell, Kasey J ^a   Liu, Tsung Li ^a   Cui, Shanying ^a   Hu, Evelyn L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84863467658     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.112     Document Type: Article

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