title: Computational study of diffraction patterns for near-field Fresnel and Gabor zone plates.
abstract: Near-field designs of Fresnel and Gabor zone plates are computationally analyzed by using versions that allow the foci to be brought closer to the plate than in the usual far-field applications. It is found that the Fresnel plate has a dominant primary conjugate pair of foci well inside the far-field region and a more intense primary focus and smaller off-focal-plane sidelobes than the near-field Gabor systems, thus yielding a superior imaging performance.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK. t.d.beynon@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Beynon
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Strange
mesh_terms: D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011827:Radiation