The excitation of IR emission is observed for thin films illuminated by con
tinuous visible light in the absence of light absorption in the sample. The
effect is demonstrated by the example of the lysine molecule and explained
by the resonant combined action of optical photons with frequencies omega
(i) and omega (j), whose differences omega (i) - omega (j) = Omega coincide
with the frequencies of the lysine vibrational modes. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka
/Interperiodica".