bartmcguyer | publications

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2023

Isotope study of the nonlinear pressure shifts of ⁸⁵Rb and ⁸⁷Rb hyperfine resonances in Ar, Kr, and Xe buffer gases
B. H. McGuyer,
J. Chem. Phys. 158, 144304 (2023). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )

2022

Connection between Antennas, Beam Steering, and the Moiré Effect
B. H. McGuyer and Q. Tang,
Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 034008 (2022). ( PDF )

2021

Flat-Panel Mechanical Beam Steerable Array Antennas with In-Plane Rotations: Theory, Design and Low-Cost Implementation
Q. Tang, B. H. McGuyer, E. Booen, S. Saraswat, F. Tabatabai, H. Bolandhemmat, C. Von Badinski, and W. H. Theunissen,
IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation 2, 679 (2021). ( PDF )
Frequency-Dependent Capacitors Using Paper
B. H. McGuyer,
Am. J. Phys. 89, 370 (2021). ( PDF )

2018

Note: Investigation of a Marx Generator Imitating a Tesla Transformer
B. H. McGuyer,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89, 086102 (2018). ( PDF, Supplemental Material, Video )
Low-Dose-Rate Cobalt-60 Testing Results for Kaman KD-5100 Differential Inductive Position Measuring Systems
B. H. McGuyer, R. J. Milanowski, and S. Moro,
In 2018 IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop (REDW), July 2018. ( PDF )
Crossover from the Ultracold to the Quasiclassical Regime in State-Selected Photodissociation
S. S. Kondov, C.-H. Lee, M. McDonald, B. H. McGuyer, I. Majewska, R. Moszynski, and T. Zelevinsky,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 143401 (2018). ( PDF )
✱ Featured in APS Physics Synopsis: The Quantum and Classical Sides of a Chemical Reaction.
PRL Editors' Suggestion.
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Crossover from the Ultracold to the Quasiclassical Regime of Photodissociation
I. Majewska, S. S. Kondov, C.-H. Lee, M. McDonald, B. H. McGuyer, R. Moszynski, and T. Zelevinsky,
Phys. Rev. A 98, 043404 (2018). ( PDF )
✱ Featured in APS Physics Synopsis: The Quantum and Classical Sides of a Chemical Reaction.
Control of Ultracold Photodissociation with Magnetic Fields
M. McDonald, I. Majewska, C.-H. Lee, S. S. Kondov, B. H. McGuyer, R. Moszynski, and T. Zelevinsky,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 033201 (2018). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )

2017

Proton Testing of Kaman KD-5100 Differential Inductive Position Measuring Systems
B. H. McGuyer, R. J. Milanowski, S. Moro, B. Vermeire, and N. Hall,
In 2017 IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop (REDW), July 2017. ( PDF )

2016

Photodissociation of Ultracold Diatomic Strontium Molecules with Quantum State Control
M. McDonald, B. H. McGuyer, F. Apfelbeck, C.-H. Lee, I. Majewska, R. Moszynski, and T. Zelevinsky,
Nature 535, 122 (2016). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )
✱ Selected for a Nature Physics "News and Views" and covered in Physics World.
A Broadband Chip-Scale Optical Frequency Synthesizer at 2.7 × 10^-16 Relative Uncertainty
S.-W. Huang, J. Yang, M. Yu, B. H. McGuyer, D.-L. Kwong, T. Zelevinsky, and C. W. Wong,
Science Advances 2, e1501489 (2016). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )
✱ Highlighted at Phys.org.

2015

Control of Optical Transitions with Magnetic Fields in Weakly Bound Molecules
B. H. McGuyer, M. McDonald, G. Z. Iwata, W. Skomorowski, R. Moszynski, and T. Zelevinsky,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 053001 (2015). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )
PRL Editors' Suggestion.
High-Precision Spectroscopy of Ultracold Molecules in an Optical Lattice
B. H. McGuyer, M. McDonald, G. Z. Iwata, M. G. Tarallo, A. T. Grier, F. Apfelbeck, and T. Zelevinsky,
New J. Phys. 17, 055004 (2015). ( PDF )
✱ Invited for Focus on New Frontiers of Cold Molecules Research.
Thermometry via Light Shifts in Optical Lattices
M. McDonald, B. H. McGuyer, G. Z. Iwata, and T. Zelevinsky,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 023001 (2015). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )
PRL Editors' Suggestion.
Precise Study of Asymptotic Physics with Subradiant Ultracold Molecules
B. H. McGuyer, M. McDonald, G. Z. Iwata, M. G Tarallo, W. Skomorowski, R. Moszynski, and
T. Zelevinsky,
Nature Physics 11, 32 (2015). ( PDF, Supplemental Material )
✱ Selected for a Nature Physics "News and Views."
Translation of an Article by Paul Drude in 1904
A. J. Sederberg, J. Burkhart, F. Apfelbeck, and B. H. McGuyer,
arXiv:1303.1588v2 [physics.hist-ph] (2015).
✱ Highlighted in The Net Advance of Physics RETRO at MIT ( Link ).

2014

Paul Drude’s Prediction of Nonreciprocal Mutual Inductance for Tesla Transformers
B. McGuyer,
PLoS ONE 9, e115397 (2014). ( PDF )
Visible Optical Beats at the Hertz Level
M. McDonald, J. Ha, B. H. McGuyer, and T. Zelevinsky,
Am. J. Phys. 82, 1003 (2014). ( PDF, Video )

2013

Nonadiabatic Effects in Ultracold Molecules via Anomalous Linear and Quadratic Zeeman Shifts
B. H. McGuyer, C. B. Osborn, M. McDonald, G. Reinaudi, W. Skomorowski, R. Moszynski, and
T. Zelevinsky,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 243003 (2013). ( PDF )
Hyperfine-Frequency Shifts of Alkali-Metal Atoms during Long-Range Collisions
B. H. McGuyer,
Phys. Rev. A 87, 054702 (2013). ( PDF )
Collision Kernels from Velocity-Selective Optical Pumping with Magnetic Depolarization
T. Bhamre, R. Marsland III, I. K. Kominis, B. H. McGuyer, and W. Happer,
Phys. Rev. A 87, 043412 (2013). ( PDF )

2012

Spin-Velocity Correlations of Optically Pumped Atoms
R. Marsland III, B. H. McGuyer, B. A. Olsen, and W. Happer,
Phys. Rev. A 86, 023404 (2012). ( PDF )
Cusp Kernels for Velocity-Changing Collisions
B. H. McGuyer, R. Marsland III, B. A. Olsen, and W. Happer,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 183202 (2012). ( PDF )
Symmetry and Voltmeters
B. H. McGuyer,
Am. J. Phys. 80, 101 (2012). ( PDF )
✱ Cited in D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th ed. (Pearson, 2013), p. 349. ( Link )

2011

Hyperfine Frequencies of ⁸⁷Rb and ¹³³Cs Atoms in Xe Gas
B. H. McGuyer, T. Xia, Y.-Y. Jau, and W. Happer,
Phys. Rev. A 84, 030501(R) (2011). ( PDF )
Temperature-Insensitive Laser Frequency Locking near Absorption Lines
N. Kostinski, B. A. Olsen, R. Marsland III, B. H. McGuyer, and W. Happer,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 033114 (2011). ( PDF )

2009

Simple Method of Light-Shift Suppression in Optical Pumping Systems
B. H. McGuyer, Y.-Y. Jau, and W. Happer,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 251110 (2009). ( PDF )
Diet Soda and Liquid Nitrogen
B. H. McGuyer, J. M. Brown, and H. B. Dang,
Am. J. Phys. 77, 677 (2009). ( PDF )

Patents

Method for Suppressing Light Shift in Optical Pumping Systems
B. H. McGuyer, Y.-Y. Jau, and W. Happer, U.S. Patent 7,825,736 (issued 2010).

Dissertation

Atomic Physics with Vapor-Cell Clocks
B. H. McGuyer, Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, June 2012.
Adviser: William Happer.
✱ The nonlinear pressure shift data from Chapter 4 are available online.
(Not mine, but I'm very happy to share that a student I worked with at Columbia won both the 2017 DAMOP Thesis Prize and a Springer Thesis Prize — congrats Mickey McDonald!)

Senior Thesis

Cryogenic Strain Application to Two-Dimensional Electron Systems and the Stripe State
B. H. McGuyer, Senior Thesis, Caltech, June 2006.
Adviser: James P. Eisenstein.
✱ Won the D. S. Kothari Prize for outstanding research in Physics at Caltech. ( Link )

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