ELEC8501: The Fourier Transform and Its Applications
The University of Hong Kong, First Semester, 2023–24
Lecture Schedule and Materials
Links to lecture slides and homework will be posted as we progress in the course.
| Month | Wednesday (3hrs) | Notes | Homework / Test | |
| SEP | 6 |  Lecture 1: Fundamentals of Fourier transform | hw1 (due Sep 30) hw1 solution | |
| 13 | Lecture 2: Useful functions and their transforms (I) | |||
| 20 | Lecture 3: Useful functions and their transforms (II) | |||
| 27 | Lecture 4: Fourier transform theorems | |||
| OCT | 4 | Lecture 4 (cont.) | hw2 (due Oct 31) hw2 solution | |
| 11 | test1 test1 solution | |||
| 18 | reading week | |||
| 25 | Lecture 5: Sampling: Relating continuous with discrete | |||
| NOV | 1 | Lecture 6: Fourier transform applications: Tomographic imaging | hw3 (due Nov 22) hw3 solution | |
| 8 | Lecture 7: Fourier transform applications: Probability and random processes | |||
| 15 | Lecture 7 (cont.) | |||
| 22 | Lecture 8: Fourier transform applications: Optics and waves | |||
| 29 | test #2 |
Slides as Handouts
Lecture 1: handout1.pdf
Lecture 2: handout2.pdf
Lecture 3: handout3.pdf
Lecture 4: handout4.pdf
Lecture 5: handout5.pdf
Lecture 6: handout6.pdf
Lecture 7: handout7.pdf
Lecture 8: handout8.pdf