Two-Photon Excited Luminescence in Polyethylene and Polytetrafluoroethylene

Luminescence spectra of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), a Teflon film, and a polyethylene film are registered in wide wavelength range under excitation by radiations with different wavelengths. For the first time, we detect two-photon-excited luminescence in polymers at low intensity of exciting light. In Teflon, we also register luminescence in the blue range under excitation by ruby laser pulses.