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Reply to: Limitations of probing field-induced response with STM
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- Published: 25 February 2026
Reply to: Limitations of probing field-induced response with STM
- Yuqing Xing1 na1,
- Seokjin Bae
orcid.org/0000-0003-1070-43621 na1,
- Stephen D. Wilson
orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-930X2,
- Ziqiang Wang
orcid.org/0000-0001-7617-28863,
- Rafael M. Fernandes
orcid.org/0000-0002-3584-51801,4 &
- …
- Vidya Madhavan
orcid.org/0000-0002-3112-97341
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replying to: C. Candelora & I. Zeljkovic Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10126-1 (2026).
In our paper1, we demonstrate that the relative intensities of charge-density-wave (CDW) peaks in the Fourier transform of STM topographies of RbV3Sb5 can be controlled by an electric field induced by laser light. Moreover, we show that this change in the intensities is accompanied by changes in the ratio of Bragg vectors; we also replicate previous findings on the changes in the CDW state induced by a magnetic field. In their comment, Candelora and Zeljkovic2 assert that, in the absence of artifacts like drift, noise and tip changes, the CDW intensity in the 135 compounds would remain unaffected by light and magnetic fields, consistent with a previous publication from their group3. Before addressing their comments in detail below, we highlight a few key points that cannot be dismissed on the basis of measurement artifacts.
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Fig. 1: Comparison of the sign of CDW intensity contrast between FWD and BWD scans along the magnetic-field sequence.
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These authors contributed equally: Yuqing Xing, Seokjin Bae
Authors and Affiliations
Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Yuqing Xing, Seokjin Bae, Rafael M. Fernandes & Vidya Madhavan
Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Stephen D. Wilson
Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Ziqiang Wang
Anthony J. Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory, The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Rafael M. Fernandes
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