Bart H. McGuyer

For curious people with similar interests... 😀 If you really like technical notes, don't miss Kirk McDonald's archives.

Atomic, molecular, & optical (AMO) physics

• Light shifts and their spherical-tensor properties (PDF)
• Fit functions for the nonlinear hyperfine pressure shifts of alkali-metal atoms (PDF)
• Images of photodissociation angular distributions using single-J approximation (PDF)
• Linewidth broadening from magnetic fields (PDF)
• Linewidth broadening from short laser pulses (PDF)
• Notes on integrating sphere paint (PDF)

Circuits, inductors, & transmission lines

• Exploring the self-capacitance of single-layer solenoid inductors with the TSSP's VSD (PDF)
• Transmission-line models for single-layer solenoid inductors (PDF)
• Test of the Miller self-capacitance of a solenoid inductor (PDF)
• (Dataset) Measured self-resonant frequencies of an air-core single-layer solenoid inductor

Mathematical & miscellaneous

• Nonharmonic Fourier series (PDF)
• Affine transformations and 2D Fourier transforms (PDF)

Tesla transformers (Tesla coils)

• Deriving the equivalent circuit of a Tesla coil (PDF)
• Can a Marx generator produce sparks like a Tesla coil?
• An old puzzle about reciprocity and Tesla coils
• Deriving the LTR primary capacitance formula for NSTs

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