Nanometer lithography for III–V semiconductor wires using chloromethylated poly‐α‐methylstyrene resist

Chloromethylated poly‐α‐methylstyrene negative resist was investigated for its suitability in the fabrication of nanometer structures for optical studies. Investigating the photoluminescence efficiency of etched GaAs/AlGaAs wires we find a steep decrease with decreasing wire width, whereas for InGaAs/InP the decrease is much smaller. The difference in the behavior of the material systems can be explained by the effectiveness of surface recombination.