the characteristic function of Levy Distribution

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The standard Levy distribution has the PDF:

$$f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-\frac{1}{2x}}\frac{1}{x^{3/2}},$$

where $x\geq0$.

My question is how to compute its characteristic function:

$$ \phi(t)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{jtx}f(x)\mathrm{d}x. $$

I tried to use the Residue theorem.