“…The relatively higher value of R and O 2 for the PKBFAEu glass suggest a lower symmetry for Eu 3+ ions and a higher Eu-O covalence than in the PKBAEu glass. The appearance of the non-degenerate 5 D 0 -7 F 0 transition indicates that the Eu 3+ ion is in an environment of low symmetry [44] in title glass systems. The magnetic-dipole 5 D 0 -7 F 1 transition splits into three components, indicating that the crystallographic sites of the Eu 3+ ions in the present glasses is as low as orthorhombic, monoclinic or triclinic in a crystalline lattice [19,25].…”