a new chapter, namely SpringerOpen is now our publishing partner.This will be a new beginning in the sense that we work with a professional publishing partner that has a long experience in publishing scientific journals in variety of scientific fields.The new partner will be an important asset regarding the manuscript processing and publication of accepted articles in a timely manner, and all process phases are assisted by skillful and experienced persons of SpringerOpen who are working in the editorial office of JEOS: RP.The same high scientific standard as before will be our guideline for acceptance of manuscripts in the fields of photonics& optics for publication.We continue