On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Tim <tim@little-possums.net> wrote:

So the 100MGW laser delivers some energy E over 10 microseconds, while
the 20MGW laser delivers E/5 in each of five pulses of 1 microsecond
each?

If so, then the 20MGW has to handle twice the peak power.

This is where engineering math fails me, apparently.

I would assume (not knowing such math) that the "peak power" would be when the capacitor initially discharges into the barrel, for each pulse. So why is peak power for the lower powered weapon higher than for the higher-powered weapon? One capacitor releases 100MGW once, the other releases 20MGW five times.

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