“…2, respectively. In the emission spectra, a broad band centered at about 587 nm which could be seen in all these four phosphors, could be attributed to the 4 T 1g (G) → 6 A 1g (S) transition of Mn 2+ ions occupying the Cd 2+ sites in the lattice [14]. For CdSiO 3 : Mn 2+ , Sm 3+ , the peak (600 nm) resulting from transitions of Sm 3+ , 4 G 5/2 → 6 H 7/2 [12], overlapped on the ∼587 nm broad band.…”