Technologies for a pluggable connector for photonic integrated circuits

An apparatus comprising:

• a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die, wherein one or more waveguides are defined in the PIC die;
• an optical connector interface to mate with an optical connector, wherein the optical connector interface is mounted on a surface of the PIC die;
• and
• one or more optical focusing elements configured to focus light from the one or more waveguides into one or more collimated beams, wherein the one or more optical focusing elements are fixed in place relative to the PIC die,
• wherein the one or more optical focusing elements comprise:
• one or more focusing mirrors to collimate light from the one or more waveguides, wherein individual focusing mirrors of the one or more focusing mirrors are total internal reflection (TIR) mirrors defined in a surface of the optical connector interface;
• and
• one or more flat mirrors to reflect light from the one or more focusing mirrors to one or more optical fibers of an optical connector mated with the optical connector interface, wherein individual flat mirrors of the one or more flat mirrors are TIR mirrors defined in a surface of the optical connector interface.