Isotropic and Anisotropic

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Mind Map on Isotropic and Anisotropic, created by ashleywootton1 on 16/06/2015.
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Isotropic and Anisotropic
  1. Isotropic
    1. Crystal systems
      1. Cubic
        1. Amorphous
        2. Non-directional optical properties
          1. behaves the same in any direction
          2. Diamonds
            1. Spinel
              1. Garnet
                1. Fluorite
                  1. Singly refractive
                  2. Anisotropic
                    1. Crystal systems
                      1. Hexagonal
                        1. Tetragonal
                          1. Trigonal
                            1. Triclinic
                              1. Monoclinic
                                1. Orthombric
                                2. Light enters anisotropic material
                                  1. Light is forced into two seperate rays
                                    1. Light travels at right angles to eachother + at different speeds
                                      1. Light that has been made into 'tidy' rays of light = Polarized light
                                        1. Polarized light
                                          1. Light has billions of light waves
                                            1. No order to these light waves = Non-polarized light
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