# Mark Nicholson's Optical Design Journey - Ep 3 - Rays and Waves

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Podcast: [Rays and Waves](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rays-and-waves-7177942)
Published: 2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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 optical design software giants on the market. Nowadays Mark is retired, but continues to heavily impact the optics industry by running a YouTube channel called Design Optics Fast which teaches a modern approach to optical design. Join Daniel and Steve as they quiz Mark on his career and best advice to coming optics generation. If you like the show, tell your friends about it! And like, subscribe, and all that! We'd love to hear from you, so feel free to reach out via email at rays.and.waves.podcast@gmail.com Intro music is Good Vibe by Twisterium. Thanks for making sweet music!

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