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Crystals of semiconducting WO3 exhibit a variation of absorption coefficient if an electric field is applied perpendicular to the direction of propagation of light. The field strengths used were extremely small. The effect is observed within a narrow spectral region near the fundamental absorption edge at 2.58 eV and the modulation frequency is less than 10 Hz. The temperature dependence of the absorption spectra is presented.