A Rational Approximation of the Fourier Transform by Integration with Exponential Decay Multiplier

Recently we have reported a new method of rational approximation of the sinc function obtained by sampling and the Fourier transforms. However, this method requires a trigonometric multiplier that originates from the shifting property of the Fourier transform. In this work, we show how to represent the Fourier transform of a function f(t) in form of a ratio of two polynomials without any trigonometric multiplier. A MATLAB code showing algorithmic implementation of the proposed method for rational approximation of the Fourier transform is presented.