Abstract Our work explores the time evolution of entanglement, local quantum uncertainty, and correlated coherence within a system modeled by two coupled double quantum dots. The dynamics is described using a time-fractional Schrödinger equation, which is treated here as a phenomenological effective framework introducing temporal nonlocality and memory-like effects, rather than as a first-principles open-system reduction. We vary the fractional parameter τ , the tunneling amplitudes δ A and δ B , and the inter-dot Coulomb interaction strength V , in order to investigate how these key parameters govern the generation, stabilization, and decay of quantum resources within the system. The obtained results reveal that, for both initial states (separable and partially entangled), fractional dynamics with a small τ rapidly generates entanglement reaching maximal values LN ≈ 1 together with strong non-classical correlations quantified by the local quantum uncertainty. Conversely, when τ is closer to unity, entanglement builds up more slowly but the memory-like effects allow quantum resources to remain significant for a longer time, with the negativity remaining above ≈ 0.6 . We also find that higher Coulomb-interaction frequencies V accelerate the build-up of correlations and stabilize coherence, while a strong tunneling asymmetry degrades entanglement and coherence despite the initial benefits of increasing quantum resources. We find that the standard unitary Schrödinger evolution is recovered analytically at τ = 1 , where the Mittag–Leffler functions reduce to ordinary exponentials, while decreasing τ progressively introduces fractional-time nonlocal (memory-like) effects.
Our work explore the time evolution of entanglement, local quantum uncertainty, and correlated coherence, within a system modeled by two double quantum dots. The dynamics is represented using a time-fractional Schrödinger equation, which includes memory effects in a non-Markovian regime. We vary the fractional parameter
τ, the tunneling amplitudes
δA and
δB, as well as the inter-dot interaction strength
V, to investigate how these key parameters govern the generation, stabilization, and decay of quantum resources within the system. The obtained results reveal that, for both initial states, fractional dynamics with a low
τ rapidly generates entanglement expecting maximal values
LN≈1 and non-classical correlations quantified by local quantum uncertainty. Conversely, higher values of
τ lead to slower entanglement but memory effects allow quantum resources to remain significant for a longer time, with the negativity remaining above (
≈0.6). We also find that higher interaction frequencies
V accelerate correlations and stabilize coherence, while a strong tunneling asymmetry degrades entanglement and coherence despite the initial benefits of increasing quantum resources.
Quantum discord captures quantum correlations beyond entanglement and can remain finite even when the entanglement vanishes. We investigate the transient nonequilibrium dynamics and steady-state behavior of quantum discord and classical correlations in a double quantum dot (DQD) system coupled to fermionic reservoirs. By employing a quantum Langevin equation formalism, we obtain the exact reduced density matrix of the system, enabling a comprehensive analysis of its quantum and classical correlations under nonequilibrium conditions. The influence of system-reservoir coupling strength, spectral bandwidth, thermal bias, and varying initial state on both the transient dynamics and steady-state correlations is systematically analyzed. Quantum discord remains finite in the nonequilibrium steady state over a broad parameter range. Although thermal gradients reduce the overall magnitude of correlations, quantum discord persists and exhibits greater resilience. These results demonstrate that nonequilibrium electronic transport, together with the environmental spectral properties and reservoir asymmetry, provides an effective means of controlling nonclassical correlations in mesoscopic systems and establishes quantum discord as a robust hallmark of open fermionic quantum devices.