分數傅立葉變換這個概念,其實最早在西元1929年,N.Wiener就已提出,但是並沒有受到太多的矚目。過了約莫50年,V.Namias 在西元1980年重新提出(稱之為重發明)這個概念,但是一直到西元1994年,才有人真正把分數傅立葉變換用在訊號處理上,此人為 L. B. Almeida。詳細歷史:1937年提出分數傅立葉變換的概念雛形; 1980年Namias較明確地提出分數傅立葉變換的數學表達式,並將其用於具有確定邊界條件的量子力學薛定諤方程的求解1987年Bride & Kerr 給出嚴格的數學定義以及性質1993年由德國的學者羅曼,土耳其的Ozaktas和以色列的Mendlovic等人首次將分數傅立葉變換概念引入光學並給出了相應的光學過程; Mendlovic&Ozaktas:漸變折射率GRIN介質中光傳播。 A. W. Lohmann: 維格納分佈函數和以及透鏡實現,自由空間的光衍射。 1993年Ozaktas,羅曼,Mendlovic等人在光學中全面引入分數傅立葉變換; 1995年Shih提出了另外一種分數傅立葉變換的形式; 1997年劉樹田等人根據Shih的定義給出了廣義分數傅立葉變換,1999年劉樹田等人將分數傅立葉變換應用於圖像加密研究中; 2001年Ozaktas等人出版「分數傅立葉變換及其在光學和訊號處理中應用」一書。
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