The workhorse for the ALPHA-X laser wakefield accelerator beam line since 2007 has been a 40 TW (1.4 J, 35 fs, repetition rate of 5 Hz) Ti:sapphire laser system.
In addition, an entirely new Ti:sapphire laser system was procured for SCAPA. It  produces 8.75 J, 25 fs pulses at a design repetition rate of 5 Hz, corresponding to a peak power of 350 TW, and drives three of the SCAPA beam lines. This laser system was the world’s highest average power laser of its type when commissioned in 2017. It now operates at 1 Hz repetition rate. SCAPA also provides a kHz repetition rate Ti:sapphire laser system (13 mJ pulse energy) for plasma accelerator development and characterisation, diagnostic development, etc.

Based on the laser facilities, SCAPA provides accelerated beams and X-Ray source as below:
*Monoenergetic electron beams of energy up to 0.7 GeV.
*Proton and light ion beams of energy of 10s of MeV/c.
*Partially coherent betatron (plasma wiggler) radiation in the soft-hard X-ray range.
*Incoherent bremsstrahlung radiation in the hard X-ray to gamma-ray (100s of MeV) range.

SCAPA investigates a wide variety of industrial, medical and scientific applications based on these beam lines.

The SCAPA infrastructure is part of a major refurbishment of the John Anderson Building at the University of Strathclyde. It consists of ~1200 m² total area comprising shielded areas, laser labs, preparation labs and control area. There are 3 shielded areas (Bunker A, B & C) for a total of 5 accelerator beam lines and 300 m² total working space. The SCAPA laser labs are located on top of the shielded areas.

SCAPA Beamlines has an engineering program for addressing the regular operation of the facility (availability and reliability), the stand-by operation of the facility (SCAPA-Interlock-system), and the shut-down and maintenance (repair, access, and maintenance). We provide different working mode for users, which includes Alignment Mode (for experimental setup), Measurement Mode ( attenauted full power beam for beam diagnostics ) and Normal Mode (Full power shotting). We also provides both online diagnostics (Near Field Beam, Far Field Beam, Spectrum, Energy, etc) and offline diagnostic (Pulse Duration, Contrast Ratio, etc).

SCAPA runs various laboratories and workshops to support lasers and experiments in conducting field-specific research. The laboratories are equipped with advanced tools for studying and handling various types of samples.