Patent ID: 8983248
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A computing system comprising: an optical transmission media to propagate a single-mode signal and a multimode signal, wherein the optical transmission media is to support mode-matching with the single-mode signal and the multimode signal; a single-mode air-gap connector optically coupleable to a removable system board to communicate via the single-mode signal; a multimode air-gap connector optically coupleable to the removable system board to communicate via the multimode signal; wherein the single-mode air-gap connector is associated with a first precision to align at least one of i) the single-mode signal and ii) the multimode signal, wherein the multimode air-gap connector is associated with a second precision lower than the first precision, to align the multimode signal such that the multimode air-gap connector has a higher tolerance for inaccuracy of alignment, between the optical transmission media and the removable system board, compared to the single-mode air-gap connector; wherein a lowest-order mode of the optical transmission media is to couple the single-mode signal, and at least one higher-order mode of the optical transmission media is to couple the multimode signal, and the optical transmission media is to enable extraction of the single-mode signal from the optical transmission media independently of the multimode signal.