The Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications (Optoelectron. Adv. Mat.) appears with 12 issues per year. It is an associated letter journal to Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. is dedicated to the rapid publication of short papers and, in particular, breaking news in the field of optoelectronics, photonics, and new advanced materials (nonlinear optical materials, crystalline and non-crystalline materials, nano-structured materials, functional and smart materials, materials based on polymers, biomaterials) of relevance for optoelectronics and photonics.