A Family of Matrices for Generating Hermite-Gaussian-Like DFT Eigenvectors

A generating matrix is a matrix such that, when multiplied by an eigenvector of a discrete transform, a new eigenvector is obtained. In this paper, we introduce a family of generating matrices of DFT eigenvectors. We demonstrate that, if a specific initial set of eigenvectors is chosen, using the referred family of matrices, a Hermite-Gaussian-like DFT eigenbasis is obtained. Such an eigenbasis is then employed to define a discrete fractional Fourier transform which numerically approximates the corresponding continuous transform.