In this article, Fourier transforms of fractional order a are defined in a manner such that the common Fourier transform is a special case with order a = 1 and an optical interpretation is provided in terms of quadratic graded index media and discussed from both wave and ray viewpoints.
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This article is published in Optics Communications.The article was published on 1993-08-15 and is currently open access. It has received 279 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fractional Fourier transform & Sine and cosine transforms.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a broad overview of Fourier Transform and its relation with the FFT and the Hartley Transform, as well as the Laplace Transform and the Laplacian Transform.
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