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                                                                   Exhibit 23.3

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               CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        We consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement  of JDS Uniphase Corporation on Form
S-8 of our report dated December 15, 1999  on the consolidated financial statements of  Optical
Coating Laboratory, Inc. and subsidiaries as of October 31,1999 and 1998, and for each of the
three fiscal years in the period ended October 31, 1999, 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.</P>


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<P>&#9;/s/  DELOITTE &amp; TOUCHE LLP</P>

<P>San Jose, California<BR>
May 01, 2000</P>

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