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                                                            EXHIBIT 23.1



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           CONSENT OF DELOITTE &amp; TOUCHE LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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</FONT><P>We consent to the incorporation by
reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-74716) pertaining to
the Uniphase Corporation 1984 Amended and Restated Stock Plan, the 1993 Flexible
Stock Incentive Plan, the 1993 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-31722) pertaining to the
Uniphase Corporation Amended and Restated 1993 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan;
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-09937) pertaining to the Uniphase
Telecommunications Products, Inc. 1995 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan; the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-39423) pertaining to the Uniphase
Corporation Amended and Restated 1993 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan and the 1996
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-
62465) pertaining to the Uniphase Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and the Uniphase Corporation Amended and Restated 1993 Flexible Stock Incentive
Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 222-81911) pertaining to the JDS
FITEL Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan and 1996 Stock Option Plan; the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-81909) pertaining to the Uniphase Corporation
Amended and Restated 1993 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan, the 1996 Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan, and the
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-70339) pertaining to the Broadband Communications Products, Inc. 1992 Key
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan, the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan and
the 1997 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statements (Form S-3
Nos. 333-27931, 333-70351, 333-78821, 333-82797, 333-83129, 333-94217) of JDS
Uniphase
Corporation (formerly Uniphase Corporation); the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-90301) pertaining to the JDS Uniphase Corporation 1999 Canadian
Employee Stock; and the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-91313)
pertaining to the Epitaxx, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee, Director and
Consultant Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-96481) pertaining
to the Optical Coating Laboratory 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999 Incentive
Compensation Plans, the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 1999 Director
Stock Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-36114) pertaining to the Cronos
Integrated Microsystems, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan,
and in the related Prospectuses of our report dated December 15,
1999 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Optical Coating
Laboratory, Inc. and subsidiaries as of October 31, 1999 and 1998, and for
each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 1999, incorporated by
reference in this Current Report on Amendment No. 2 to Form 8-K/A of JDS Uniphase
Corporation.</P>

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

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<P>San Jose, California<br>
May 19, 2000</P>

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