Growth of CsCe2Cl7 and Cs3CeCl6 utilizing the Bridgman method

We present progress on the growth of single crystals of Cs₃CeCl₆ and CsCe₂Cl₇, two materials recently discovered to have good scintillation properties with light yields of 21,000 and 26,000 ph/MeV respectively. While still early in their development for potential use as X-ray and gamma-ray detectors, their growth as single crystals has been studied little, and in this work, we present growth of these materials using the vertical Bridgman method which has produced improved crystal size and quality over previous efforts from investigators in recent years.