Ce2%:6LiCaAlF6(6LiCAF) single crystal (nominal composition) with 2 mm in diameter and 50 mm in length was grown by the micro-pulling-down method. Emission from the perturbed Ce3+centers was observed in an ¿-ray excited radioluminescence. The neutron response was compared with Li-glass (GS20, Saint-Gobain) using252Cf. The scintillation decay time of Ce2%:6LiCAF is 38 nsec, which is twice as short as that of GS20. Using Hamamatsu photomultiplier H7416 the photoelectron yield about a half of that of GS20 has been measured for the Ce:6LiCAF single crystal . Considering the light yield of GS20 (6000 phot/neutron) and the spectral correction due to the different emission peak position in both materials, the light yield of Ce:6LiCAF single crystal is estimated about 4200 phot/neutron.
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