Complex Analysis Integral

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Let $f(z)$ be a continuous function on Re$(z)\geq 0$ and suppose that $\lim_{z \rightarrow \infty}f(z) =0$. Then, show that for every negative number $t$

$$ \lim_{R \rightarrow \infty} \int_{\Gamma_{R}} e^{zt}f(z)dz=0, $$

where $\Gamma_{R} = \{|z|=R\} \cap \{Re(z)\geq 0\}.$

My attempt: We know that $|f(z)|$ is a continuous function on $\Gamma_{R}$ so

$$ \| \int_{\Gamma_{R}} e^{zt}f(z)dz \|\leq \int_{\Gamma_{R}} |e^{zt}||f(z)||dz| \leq \sup_{\Gamma_{R}}|f(z)|\int_{\Gamma_{R}} |e^{zt}||dz| $$

Now, if $z=Re^{it}$ we can try to solve the integral, but i don't think this is going to be helpful. I was trying to bound the integral, but i can't figure out how

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Partial progress: So all we need to show is that $\int_{\Gamma_{R}} |e^{zt}||dz|$ stays bounded. That integral equals

$$R\int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2} e^{tR\cos u}\,du = 2R \int_{0}^{\pi/2} e^{tR\cos u}\,du.$$

Replacing $u$ by $\pi/2 -u$ shows that last integral equals $\int_{0}^{\pi/2} e^{tR\sin u}\,du.$ Now $\sin u \ge (2/\pi)u$ on this interval. It follows that

$$ \int_{0}^{\pi/2} e^{tR\sin u}\,du \le \int_{0}^{\pi/2} e^{tR(2/\pi)u}\,du.$$

I'll stop here. Hopefully this helps.