Solar concentrators made of a single refractive primary optics are limited to a concentration ratio of about $1000\times$ [ Opt. Express 19, A280 (2011)], due only to longitudinal chromatic aberration, while mirrors are limited to $\sim \mathrm{46,000}\times$ by the angular size of the Sun. To reduce the chromatic aberration while keeping cost-effective systems for concentrated photovoltaics, a study of four different kinds of flat Fresnel doublets made of polycarbonates and polymethyl methacrylate is presented. It reveals that Fresnel doublets may have fewer optical losses than non-Fresnel doublets, with a lower lateral chromatic split allowing for even higher concentration ratio.

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