We studied the photoluminescence characteristics of polycrystalline chalcopyrite AgInTe2. The spectra showed three bands. The first band has the maximum at 1.023 eV, and it has one LO-phonon replica with the energy of 25 meV The second band has the maximum at 0.959 eV and two phonon replicas with the same LO-phonon energy. The third broad band has the maximum at 0.741 eV. The dependence of the spectra on the temperature and the excitation power were recorded. According to the observed j-shift and thermal quenching, the 0.959 eV band can be assigned to a donor-acceptor pair recombination with the activation energy of 35 meV Room temperature unpolarised Raman spectrum revealed six peaks. The lines observed at 122, 140, 217, and 266 cm(-1) are assigned to A(1), E-1, or B-1, E+B-2, and longitudinal optical E modes, respectively. (c) 2004 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.