Generation of nearly pure and highly directional magnetic light in fluorescence of rare earth ions

Abstract

A thorough analysis of the emission via the magnetic dipole (MD) transition, called magnetic light below, of trivalent rare-earth ions in or near dielectric homogeneous spheres has been performed. In the search for enhancement of fluorescence from magnetic light, one faces the difficult task of identifying the regions where the combined fluorescence due to multiple electric dipole (ED) transitions becomes negligible compared to the fluorescence of the MD transition. We have succeeded in identifying a number of configurations with dielectric sphere parameters and a radial position of a trivalent rare-earth emitter wherein the branching ratio of the MD transition approaches its limit of one, implying that transitions from a given initial level (e.g., ${}^5$D${}_0$-level of Eu${}^{3+}$) are completely dominated by the MD transition. The dimensionless directivity of the MD emission, the radiative decay rates, and the fluorescence of the magnetic light can be increased by a factor of more than $25$, $10^3$, and $10^4$, respectively.

article: 18 pages, 7 figures;

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