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Photonics Research
Vol. 9, Issue 2, 237 (2021)

Unveiling spontaneous emission enhancement mechanisms in metal–insulator–metal nanocavities

Dipa Ghindani, Alireza R. Rashed, and Humeyra Caglayan^*

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Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Photonics, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland

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