“…The rare earth ions are of great scientific and technological interest because of their emission properties which arise from the 4f-4f transitions in the electronic configurations of these ions [4]. The rare earth ions doped borate crystals and glasses are mostly used as promising materials in display devices, sensors, short wavelength lasers and hole burning high-density memories due to their attractive spectroscopic, luminescent and laser properties [5,6]. Recently, a new disordered borate family with the general chemical formula M 3 R 2 (BO 3 ) 4 (M=Ca, Sr, Ba; R=Y, La, Gd) have attracted a great attention.…”