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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6

                   CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of JDS Uniphase Corporation of our report dated November 26, 1997,
with respect to the statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows of Flex Products, Inc. for the year ended November 2, 1997, which report
appears in the October 31, 1999 Form 10-K of Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.,
which is incorporated by reference in the Current Report on Amendment No. 1 to
Form 8-K/A of JDS Uniphase Corporation filed on February 10, 2000, and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the proxy statement-prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

San Francisco, California
February 11, 2000
