We have realized two types of metal-insulator-semiconductor devices with alpha-sexithiophene as the semiconductor: one with a polymeric insulator and one with a mineral one. Both electromodulated absorption spectra present a sharp peak at 1.50 eV, corresponding to an absorption cross section of 4 X 10(-17) cm2 per injected charge (epsilon = 10(4) 1 mol-1 cm-1). By comparison with chemical-doping experiments we show that, in both devices, the charges are stored as radical cations (model polarons). The quantitative results are discussed with the help of a precise optical model of the multilayer structure.