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What is the multiplex advantage?

  • A.Several detectors share one optical path
  • B.Several scans are averaged to reduce noise
  • C.All wavelengths are measured throughout the scan
  • D.Several samples are measured at the same time

Answer: C

Also called the Fellgett advantage, it is that every wavelength contributes to every point of the interferogram, so each is measured for the whole duration rather than for a brief moment as a scanning instrument passes it. Multiple samples, detectors and scan averaging are separate ideas, though averaging is a real and additional benefit. Where a detector's noise rather than the source's brightness dominates, measuring everything all the time is worth a great deal, which is exactly the infrared case.

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