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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3



             CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of JDS Uniphase Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated December
22, 1998 (January 8, 1999 as to paragraph 8 of Note 6, May 26, 1999 as to Note
15 and November 3, 1999 as to Note 16) on the consolidated financial statements
of Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in the Current
Report on Form 8-K/A of JDS Uniphase Corporation filed on November 30, 1999.




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