Architecture for increased power conversion in a power conversion over laser system

A method of converting power received in one or more optical power beams to electrical power, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an OPA of a first optical terminal, a first optical power beam from a remote optical terminal;
• determining, by one or more processors of the first optical terminal, a first distribution of the received first optical power beam across a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells are configured to convert optical power to electrical power, and the first distribution is determined based on an initial conversion capability of each of the plurality of cells;
• distributing, by a target OPA power from the first optical power beam across the plurality of cells based on the determined first distribution, wherein power from the first optical power beam is distributed across the plurality of cells by transmitting, by the target OPA, a first target OPA optical power beam;
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• converting, by the plurality of cells, at least a portion of the first target OPA optical power beam to electrical power.

An optical terminal of a PTOL system, the optical terminal comprising:

• an optical phased array (OPA) configured to receive one or more optical power beams from one or more remote optical terminals;
• a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells configured to convert power from the one or more optical power beams to electrical power;
• an optical switch matrix configured to distribute power of from optical power beams across the plurality of cells;
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• one or more processors, configured to determine one or more distributions of optical power across the plurality of cells, wherein the one or more distributions are based on an initial conversion capability of each of the plurality of cells.

An optical terminal of a PTOL system, the optical terminal comprising:

• an optical phased array (OPA) configured to receive one or more optical power beams from one or more remote optical terminals;
• a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells configured to convert power from the one or more optical power beams to electrical power;
• a target OPA configured to transmit one or more optical power beams to the plurality of cells such that optical power from the received one or more optical power beams is distributed across the plurality of cells;
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• one or more processors, configured to determine one or more distributions of optical power across the plurality of cells, wherein the one or more distributions are based on an initial conversion capability of each of the plurality of cells.