UV-Soft X-ray betatron radiation characterization from laser-plasma wakefield acceleration

The spontaneous emission of radiation from relativistic electrons within a plasma channel is called betatron radiation and holds great potential to become a compact X-ray source in the future. We present an analysis of the performance of a broad secondary radiation source based on a high-gradient laser-plasma wakefield electron accelerator. The purpose of this study is to assess the possibility of having a new source for non-destructive X-ray phase contrast imaging and tomography of heterogeneous materials. We report a preliminary studies of UV and soft X-ray generation via betatron oscillations in a plasma, and in particular, the measurement of the radiation spectrum emitted from the electron beam is analyzed using a grazing incidence monochromator at the Centro de Laseres Pulsados Ultraintensos (CLPU).