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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" and
"Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data of SDL" included in the Proxy
Statement of JDS Uniphase Corporation and SDL, Inc. that is made part of
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-45300) and
Prospectus of JDS Uniphase Corporation for the registration of 342,022,800
shares of common stock of JDS Uniphase Corporation in connection with its
acquisition of SDL, Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated January 27, 2000 (except for the fifth paragraph of Note 9 and the
first paragraph of Note 13, as to which the date is March 27, 2000), with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of SDL, Inc.
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
November 16, 2000
