Do swapping during link creation

[saum-g]

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[BassemSafieldeen]

Hi @saum-g ,

The definition of protocol2 comes right after the test for protocol 1 and I think that's making the notebook more confusing to read than before. Could you please separate them somehow --- perhaps by adding a header before the protocol definition?

[saum-g]

Hi @BassemSafieldeen ,

I have made some changes, please check.

I was also curious to know how link expiry time restarts after swap. I am confused because I thought that the link would expire because the qubits decohere, but the time it takes to decohere should not change after swap right? Could you help/provide some resource?

[BassemSafieldeen]

Thanks!

I was also curious to know how link expiry time restarts after swap. I am confused because I thought that the link would expire because the qubits decohere, but the time it takes to decohere should not change after swap right? Could you help/provide some resource?

I think you're right, actually. It would be more accurate if the timer was not reset after the swap, because the qubits that support the link are not "refreshed" by the swap that occurs in a third repeater, and if they decohere the link expires.

Please open an issue with this, and feel free to fix it if you'd like :)