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                                                                   Exhibit 23.6

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               CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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<P>To the Board of Directors and Stockholders<BR>
Flex Products, Inc.</P>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 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 annual report on 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 dated February 10, 2000 of
JDS Uniphase Corporation, which is incorporated herein by reference.</P>


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<P>/s/&#9;KPMG LLP</P>
<P>San Francisco, CA<BR>
May 01, 2000</P>

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