Evaluate $\int_0^\infty 2 u \sin u\, \exp(-su^2)\mathrm du$

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Evaluate $\int_0^\infty 2u \sin u \,e^{-su^2} \mathrm du$.

This integral emerged while finding Laplace Transform of $\sin(\sqrt u)$

As a start, I used:

\begin{align*} I &= 2\int_{u=0}^{\infty} \int_{v=0}^{u} \cos v~\mathrm dv\mathrm du\\ &= \frac{1}{s} \int_{0}^\infty \cos v \, e^{-sv^2 }\mathrm dv \end{align*}

Again here I am stuck.

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(We assume $\operatorname{Re}s >0$) $$I= \int_0^\infty 2u \sin u e^{-s u^2} \,du = \operatorname{Im} \int_{-\infty}^\infty u e^{i u - s u^2}\,du = \operatorname{Im} \frac{d}{i d \alpha} \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{i \alpha u - s u^2}\,du \Big|_{\alpha=1}\,.$$

Now, we have $$\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{i \alpha u - s u^2} \,du = e^{-\alpha^2/4s} \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-s(u-i\alpha/2 s)^2}\,du= \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{s}}e^{-\alpha^2/4s}\,. $$

As a result, we obtain $$I = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2 s^{3/2}} e^{-1/4 s}\,.$$