Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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; and the Registration
Statement (Form S-3 Nos. 333-27931, 333-70351, 333-78821, 333-82797,
333-83129) of JDS Uniphase Corporation (formerly Uniphase Corporation)
and in the related Prospectuses of our report dated July 23, 1999
(except for Note 13, as to which the date is August 25, 1999), with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of JDS
Uniphase Corporation, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended June 30, 1999.
San Jose, California
October 28, 1999
