Welcome to the Artificial Quantum Systems (ArQuS) laboratory!

We are an experimental research group at the University of Trieste. Our work centers on the cooling, trapping, and coherent control of two-electron atoms using high-precision optical manipulation and spectroscopic techniques, achieving resolution down to the single atom to engineer scalable quantum platforms. Our research spans a broad range of topics in quantum science and technology, from fundamental studies of many-body physics to quantum optics and metrology and the development of quantum networks and modular quantum computing architectures.

The laboratories are led by Prof. Francesco Scazza and Dr. Matteo Marinelli as a joint effort between University of Trieste, Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO), and Institute Officina dei Materiali of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IOM).

We are financially supported by ERC Starting Grant OrbiDynaMIQs under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement no. 949438), by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under the FARE initiative, the PNRR Next-Generation EU National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI) and the FIS program. We are further suppoerted by the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia (EQUIP-FVG project) and by the European Quantum Flagship project PASQuanS.

News

Latest highlights from the group

July 2026

ONRG Award

Matteo Marinelli was awarded an ONRG grant to study many-body magic in atomic ensembles in collaboration with Marcello Dalmonte

July 2026

Francesca Join

Francesca Orsi Joined the group as a postdoc! Welcome on board!

February 2026

Maxime Join

Maxime Allemand Joined the group as a postdoc! Welcome on board!



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Contacts

ArQuS Laboratory
c/o CNR Edificio Q2 - Area Science Park Basovizza
34149 Trieste - IT
Phone: +39 040 375 6415
Email: arquslab (AT) units (DOT) it