# Single optical element combines soft X-ray imaging and spectroscopy

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-26T20:20:11+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-optical-element-combines-soft-ray.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/single-optical-element-combines-soft-x-ray-imaging-and-spectroscopy-8ac96d/

An international research team from Germany, Switzerland and Japan has demonstrated in a recent study that a single reflection zone plate (RZP) can perform both soft X-ray imaging and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) mapping. The approach could simplify future instruments that need to determine both where structures are located in a material and how their electronic properties vary.

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