title: Near-field diffractive elements.
abstract: A novel near-field imaging system is proposed and simulated. It is seen that a significant improvement in performance in the presence of noise is possible without loss of resolution.
authors.affiliation: The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. dmarks@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: P Scott
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Carney