%0 Journal Article %A Sukrit Shankar and Pardha Saradhi K. and Chetana Shanta Patsa and Jaydev Sharma %D 2008 %J International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 19, 2008 %T An Efficient Hamiltonian for Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10293 %V 19 %X Fractional Fourier Transform, which is a generalization of the classical Fourier Transform, is a powerful tool for the analysis of transient signals. The discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Hamiltonians have been proposed in the past with varying degrees of correlation between their eigenvectors and Hermite Gaussian functions. In this paper, we propose a new Hamiltonian for the discrete Fractional Fourier Transform and show that the eigenvectors of the proposed matrix has a higher degree of correlation with the Hermite Gaussian functions. Also, the proposed matrix is shown to give better Fractional Fourier responses with various transform orders for different signals. %P 1417 - 1422