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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7

                    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 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Optical Coating Laboratory,
Inc., which is incorporated by reference in the Current Report on Amendment No.
3 to Form 8-K/A of JDS Uniphase Corporation filed on May 31, 2000. We also
consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the proxy
statement-prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

November 16, 2000
San Francisco, California
