We investigate optical super-resolution by means of eigenmode decomposition in arbitrary imaging systems. This technique is applicable for arbitrary objects but requires a knowledge of the eigenmodes of the imaging system. We outline a reconstruction technique that can be applied even to systems in which the eigenmodes are not orthogonal, and we present numerical simulations of eigenmode super-resolution in systems with resolution limited both by diffraction and by aberrations. Our results

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... ate that optical super-resolution by direct eigenmode decomposition provides a versatile method of sub-diffraction and distortion-free imaging in arbitrary optical systems.