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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2

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               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption

&quot;Experts&quot; in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related
Prospectus of JDS Uniphase Corporation for the registration of 95,458 shares
of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated July 23, 1999 (except Note 13, as to which the date is August 25, 1999),
with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of JDS
Uniphase Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year
ended June 30, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>


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