Finding the Spectrum of a Function with Exponential and Trig Terms

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Homework Statement


Hi, I need to find the spectrum of the following function:
i=I_0[e^{\frac{-0.01(cos(2\pi 1000t)+cos(2\pi 100000t))}{0.026}}-1]

Homework Equations


the Fourier Transform would be:
\int_{-\infty }^{\infty }I_0[e^{\frac{-0.01(cos(2\pi 1000t)+cos(2\pi 100000t))}{0.026}}-1]e^{-j2\pi ft}dt

The Attempt at a Solution


I'm not sure where to start because I'm not sure how to take the integral of an exponential when there is a trig term in there. Is this integral even possible or would it diverge to infinity?

Hope you guys can help,
frenzal
 
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