Resistive switching induced on a glass plate by ion beam irradiation

We observed a slowly and regularly oscillating transmission current through a gap (0.1 mm) of paired soda lime glass plates during an injection of a steady highly charged ion beam. The oscillation frequency was almost proportional to the injection current intensities. This phenomenon can be attributed to the charge-discharge iteration cycle with dynamic resistive switching of the glass plate. Our model calculation based on such cyclic resistive switching well reproduces the experimental observation.