On-chip optical switch uses transparent conductive 2D aluminum-doped zinc oxide to redirect light beams in less than trillionth of second

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-chip-redirects-trillionth.html

"exhibits massive optical properties' change when excited by control laser pulse... orders of magnitude faster than silicon-based electronic or thermal switches... no moving parts, significantly reducing energy loss/ signal degradation... scalable blueprint for building next-generation optical computers and routing structures for high-speed scalable routing for optical computing backbones/ high-bandwidth 6G telecommunication networks"