A connector (100, 300) comprising: a housing comprising a first attachment area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides (104, 204); and a light coupling unit (112, 220) disposed in and configured to move within the housing and comprising: a second attachment area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides received and permanently attached at the first attachment area; and a plurality of curved surfaces, each curved surface corresponding to a different optical waveguide (104, 204) in a plurality of optical waveguides (104, 204) received and permanently attached at the first and second attachment areas (106,108), each optical waveguide having a first core diameter, the curved surface being configured to change a divergence of light from the optical waveguide (104, 204) such that light from the optical waveguide (104, 204) exits the connector (100, 300) along an exit direction different than a mating direction of the connector (100, 300), the exiting light having a second diameter greater than a core diameter of the optical waveguide (104, 204), the connector being configured so that when the connector mates with a mating connector in a mating direction, the light coupling unit rotates causing the optical waveguide (104, 204) to bend. a housing comprising a first attachment area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides (104, 204); and a light coupling unit (112, 220) disposed in and configured to move within the housing and comprising: a second attachment area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides received and permanently attached at the first attachment area; and a plurality of curved surfaces, each curved surface corresponding to a different optical waveguide (104, 204) in a plurality of optical waveguides (104, 204) received and permanently attached at the first and second attachment areas (106,108), each optical waveguide having a first core diameter, the curved surface being configured to change a divergence of light from the optical waveguide (104, 204) such that light from the optical waveguide (104, 204) exits the connector (100, 300) along an exit direction different than a mating direction of the connector (100, 300), the exiting light having a second diameter greater than a core diameter of the optical waveguide (104, 204), the connector being configured so that when the connector mates with a mating connector in a mating direction, the light coupling unit rotates causing the optical waveguide (104, 204) to bend. a second attachment area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides received and permanently attached at the first attachment area; and a plurality of curved surfaces, each curved surface corresponding to a different optical waveguide (104, 204) in a plurality of optical waveguides (104, 204) received and permanently attached at the first and second attachment areas (106,108), each optical waveguide having a first core diameter, the curved surface being configured to change a divergence of light from the optical waveguide (104, 204) such that light from the optical waveguide (104, 204) exits the connector (100, 300) along an exit direction different than a mating direction of the connector (100, 300), the exiting light having a second diameter greater than a core diameter of the optical waveguide (104, 204), the connector being configured so that when the connector mates with a mating connector in a mating direction, the light coupling unit rotates causing the optical waveguide (104, 204) to bend.