The Journal and Authors retract the 10 March 2017 article cited above for the following reasons provided by the authors:
Following publication, the authors realized a fundamental conceptual error in the article's equations. This error extends from Equations (3)–(5) and negates the derivations of the equations and descriptions in the article. The Journal and Chief Editors concur that the reasons for retraction are valid and warranted.
Summary
Keywords
Single-photon entanglement, entanglement concentration, Cross-Kerr nonlinearity, variable beam splitter, 03.67.Mn, 03.67.-a, 42.50.Dv
Citation
Frontiers Editorial Office (2017) Retraction: Efficient Concentration Protocols for the Single-Photon Entanglement State with Polarization Feature. Front. Phys. 5:15. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2017.00015
Received
02 May 2017
Accepted
03 May 2017
Published
09 May 2017
Approved by
Lorenzo Pavesi, University of Trento, Italy
Volume
5 - 2017
Updates
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