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This approach is naturally extended to two-photon excitation fluorescence, where a molecule is excited by simultaneous nonlinear absorption of two photons. However, the relative impact of plasmon coupling to excitation and emission on the overall fluorescence enhancement can be very different in this case. Here, by using the finite-difference time-domain method, we study the two-photon excitation fluorescence of near-infrared fluorescent protein (NirFP) eqFP670, which is the most red-shifted NirFP to date, in proximity to a silver nanobar. By optimizing the length and aspect ratio of the particle, we reach a fluorescence enhancement factor of 103. We show that the single mode coupling regime with highly tuned near-field significantly outperforms the dual-mode coupling enhancement. The plasmon-induced amplification of the fluorophore\u2019s excitation rate becomes of utmost importance due to its quadratic dependence on light intensity, defining the fluorescence enhancement upon two-photon excitation. 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