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The document is an assignment for an Optics course covering the Fourier transform. It contains 5 problems: 1. Evaluate the Fourier transform of two functions and comment on properties of the transforms. 2. Evaluate the Fourier transform of a Gaussian function. 3. Evaluate the Fourier transform of a periodic function and make a plot. 4. Find the three-dimensional Fourier transform of a Yukawa potential. 5. Calculate the frequency distribution of an exponentially decaying oscillation by taking the Fourier transform.

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Assignment PHYF213 2023

The document is an assignment for an Optics course covering the Fourier transform. It contains 5 problems: 1. Evaluate the Fourier transform of two functions and comment on properties of the transforms. 2. Evaluate the Fourier transform of a Gaussian function. 3. Evaluate the Fourier transform of a periodic function and make a plot. 4. Find the three-dimensional Fourier transform of a Yukawa potential. 5. Calculate the frequency distribution of an exponentially decaying oscillation by taking the Fourier transform.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI (Hyderabad

Campus)

FIRST SEMESTER 2023-24


Optics (PHY F213)

Due Date: 29/11/2023 (4 pm) Assignment


You will lose 50% marks for late submission. Submit hard copy
Max. Marks: 15
Name: ID No:

∞
1
The one-dimensional Fourier transform of a function f(t) is defined as g ( ω )=
√ −∞
2 π
∫ iωt
f (t )e dt .

The cosine and sine Fourier transforms of f(t) are defined as

√
∞ ∞
√ 2 f (t)cosωtdt ; g ( ω )= 2 f ( t)sinωtdt
gc ( ω ) = ∫
√π 0 s ∫
π 0

1. Evaluate the Fourier transform of f(t) = e−α |t| ,  > 0. Comment about the result. For instance,
you can comment on whether the Fourier transform is real or complex and whether the transform
is localized or not.
2
2. Evaluate the Fourier transform of the Gaussian function f(t) = e−at , a > 0.

Nπ
3. Evaluate the Fourier transform of the following function f(t) = sin (0t) , for |t |< ω and 0,
0
Nπ
for |t |> . Make a rough plot of the transformed function.
ω0
−αr
e
4. Find the Fourier transform of the Yukawa potential V ( r )= (This is a three-dimensional
r
Fourier transform) (Hint: use the spherical wave expansion of exp(i k.r) to solve the integral )

5. In a resonant cavity, an electromagnetic oscillation of frequency 0 dies out as


−ω 0 t
A(t) = A0e 2Q
e−iω 0t ,t >0

= 0, t < 0. The parameter Q is a measure of the ratio of stored energy to energy loss per
cycle. Calculate the frequency distribution of the oscillation a*()a(), where a() is the Fourier
transform of A(t).
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