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This suggests ejecting a secondary mirror in front of the craft to reflect light to brake the original craft: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.01356:

"...or by ejecting a reflector that is then used as a braking system (similar to thrust reversal on jets) but this only works if the payload is still within illumination range of the primary laser system"



Flipping the sail around would probably be the lightest option, though tricky because the larger sail designs would not be rigid.




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