Steven Miller

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
steven.miller@pnl.gov

Biography

Mr. Miller's current research activities include the conception, design, and management of a new radiation detection technique based on optical stimulation of alkali-halide and alkaline-earth halide crystals containing various dopants. Mr. Miller was the first to experimentally observe and develop optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) in Al2O3:C. Three patents were recently awarded to Mr. Miller on OSL in Al2O3:C covering the basis for a unique composite material dosimeter. The OSL technique has greatly improved the current state-of-the-art in gamma and beta dosimetry. A laser lab containing high power Argon Ion, Excimer, Helium-Cadmium, and dye lasers has been designed and constructed by Mr. Miller in hopes of building expertise in the fields of ionizing radiation detection, sensitive photon detection techniques, and the field of non-ionizing radiation. Additional novel research into new scintillating materials and radiation detection applications are being pursued to complement the OSL research.

The OSL research activities have earned Mr. Miller an R&D 100 award for one of the best 100 new products of 1992. Research and Development magazine selected Mr. Miller's OSL radiation detection technology as being one of the top 100 new technologies and products. A technology transfer of the OSL technology to Landauer, Inc. has recently been accomplished after a successful research project between Battelle and Landauer. Landauer has successfully converted nearly all of its TLD and film business to the new OSL technique invented by Mr. Miller. Besides radiation dosimetry, Mr. Miller is currently developing medical dosimetry products and high dose dosimetry for food irradiation and medical product sterilization. A second R&D 100 award was won in 2000 for the Sunna high dose dosimetry system. Mr. Miller holds numerous patents and has patents pending on various phosphor technologies and imaging applications.

Education and Credentials

B.S., Physics, Whitworth College, 1983
B.A., Chemistry, Whitworth College, 1983
M.S., Physics, Purdue University, 1985

Awards and Recognitions

2000, Sunna Dosimeter^TM

Selected Publications

2008

Miller SD, MK Murphy, KL Simmons, C Yahnke, C Yoder, B Markey, M Salasky, and A Crabtree. 2008. "A HIGH-PRECISION, TISSUE-EQUIVALENT DOSIMETER FOR NUCLEAR ACCIDENT AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY APPLICATIONS BASED ON OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL) IN AL2O3:C." Radiation Measurements 43(2-6):875-878. doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.12.054
Tanner JE, SD Miller, MM Conrady, KL Simmons, and MR Tinker. 2008. "Container Verification Using Optically Stimulated Luminescence." In Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 49th Annual Meeting, July 13-17, Nashville, Tennessee, p. Paper No. 360. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Northbrook, IL.

2006

Miller SD, and MK Murphy. 2006. "Technical Performance of the Luxel Al2O3:C Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosemeter Element at Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Accident Dose Levels." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 8 pages. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl500

2005

Jarman KD, LE Smith, A Heredia-Langner, AS Renholds, WR Kaye, and SD Miller. 2005. "Optimal Design of Passive Gamma-Ray Spectrometers." In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE, vol. 2, pp. 1062-1066. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Los Alamitos, CA. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596435
Smith LE, AR Swickard, A Heredia-Langner, GA Warren, ER Siciliano, and SD Miller. 2005. "Design Considerations for Passive Gamma-Ray Spectrometers." In 2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 16-22 October 2004 Rome, Italy., vol. 3, ed. Seibert, J. Anthony, pp. 1571-1575. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462540
Smith LE, AR Swickard, A Heredia-Langner, GA Warren, ER Siciliano, and SD Miller. 2005. "Design Considerations for Passive Gamma-Ray Spectrometers." In 2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, vol. 3, pp. 1571-1575. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462540

2004

Kovacs A, M Baranyai, PG Fuochi, M Lavalle, U Corda, SD Miller, MK Murphy, and J O'Doherty. 2004. "The application of Sunna dosimeter film for process control at industrial gamma- and electron beam irradiation facilities ." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 71(1-2):329-333.
Smith LE, AR Swickard, A Heredia-Langner, GA Warren, ER Siciliano, and SD Miller. 2004. "Design Considerations for Passive Gamma-Ray Spectrometers." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 52(5):1721 - 1727 . doi:10.1109/TNS.2005.856809

2003

Murphy MK, A Kovacs, SD Miller, and WL Mclaughlin. 2003. "Dose Response and Post-irradiation Characteristics of the Sunna 535-nm Photo-Fluorescent Film Dosimeter." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 68(6):981-994.
Murphy MK, A Kovacs, WL Mclaughlin, SD Miller, and JM Puhl. 2003. "Sunna 535-nm photo-fluorescent film dosimeter response to different environmental conditions ." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 68(6):995-1003.

2002

Miller SD, MK Murphy, MR Tinker, A Kovacs, and W Mclaughlin. 2002. "Characteristics and Performance of the Sunna High Dose Dosemeter Using Green Photoluminescence and UV Absorption Readout Methods." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 101(1-4):53-58.
Murphy MK, SD Miller, A Kovacs, WL Mclaughlin, and I Slezsak. 2002. "Characterization of a new photo-fluorescent film dosimeter for high-radiation dose applications." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 63(3-6):751-754.

2001

Miller SD, PL Tomeraasen, BJ Burghard, and RJ Traub. 2001. Use of Optically Stimulated Luminescence Imaging Plates and Reader for Arms Control Applications. PNNL-13580, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

1998

Caine EJ, and SD Miller. 1998. "Optical data storage in LiF using electron beam encoding." Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B--Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 16(6):3232-3236.