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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2016
We present here a reactive ion etching recipe to fabricate germanium nanowires.We used a combination of Cl2, N2 and O2 andstudied the influence of both the gas pressure and the O2 mass flowon the morphology of the nanowires. 5 µm long nanowires with an aspectratio of 20 are demonstrated with smooth surfaces and a tapering below 20nm/µm. We also show that both gold and aluminum can be used as hardmask; the latter achieving a selectivity with germanium above 100.