Rays and Waves
Rays and Waves, a passion project of two optical engineers, Daniel and Steve, who moonlight as podcast hosts. Join them as they explore the beautiful world of optics and photonics. The topics will span across the whole optical universe, demonstrating the versatile applications of optical engineering and sometime feature prominent characters from the community. Ready to dive into the captivating world of photonics?
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2025
Gerard Milburn's Path to Photonic Quantum Computing and Beyond - Ep 6 - Rays and Waves
In the last episode of Rays and Waves about linear optical quantum computers we discussed how using photons as qubits is good in many ways. However, the biggest hurdle is that photons don’t like inte…
Optical Quantum Computers - Ep 5 - Rays and Waves
In this episode of Rays and Waves we speak about Linear Optical Quantum Computers.
There has been lots of talk about quantum computers in the science media lately. Both companies and academic labs ar…
Tracing 'A Pencil of Rays' with Katsumoto Ikeda - Ep 4 - Rays and Waves
In this episode of Rays and Waves we speak to Katsumoto Ikeda. Kats runs a brilliant webpage about optical design called “A Pencil of Rays” (https://www.pencilofrays.com/). He has worked as an optica…
Mark Nicholson's Optical Design Journey - Ep 3 - Rays and Waves
In this episode of Rays and Waves we speak to Mark Nicholson. Few people have made a bigger impact on how modern optics is designed and analysed. Mark was for 30 years involved with Zemax, one of the…
Introducing 'Rays and Waves' - A New Optics Podcast
In this episode of Rays and Waves we get to know the podcast purpose and the hosts a bit. Join Daniel and Steve in the episodes to come as they explore the vast world of optics.
If you like the show,…
Optical Design - Ep 2 - Rays and Waves
In this episode of Rays and Waves we speak about Optical Design. Optical products are all around us, ranging from phones, cameras, cars, communication, grocery shopping, medical devices, and almost e…
Optical Communication - Ep 1 - Rays and Waves
In this episode of Rays and Waves we speak about Optical Communication. Join Daniel and Steve as they explore how information transfer through hair-thin glass fibres are changing the world. While dat…