Filed  Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)
                                                      Registration No. 333-65526


                           Prospectus Supplement No. 6
                       To Prospectus Dated August 31, 2001

                                  $175,000,000

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                               EMCORE Corporation
                   5% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2006
           and the Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes

          This  prospectus  supplement  relates  to the  resale  by the  selling
securityholders  of  5%  convertible  subordinated  notes  due  2006  of  EMCORE
Corporation and the shares of common stock, no par value, of EMCORE  Corporation
issuable upon the conversion of the notes.

          This  prospectus  supplement  should be read in  conjunction  with the
prospectus dated August 31, 2001, and the prospectus supplements dated September
18, 2001, October 10, 2001, October 30, 2001,  November 30, 2001 and January 10,
2002, which are to be delivered with the prospectus supplement.  All capitalized
terms used but not defined in this prospectus supplement shall have the meanings
given them in the prospectus.

          The  table  below  sets  forth  information  as  of  the  date  hereof
concerning  beneficial ownership of the notes of the selling  securityholders as
listed below. All information concerning beneficial ownership has been furnished
by the selling securityholders.
                                                                                         
                                       Principal Amount of
                                        Maturity of Notes     Percentage of     Number of Shares     Percentage of
                                       Beneficially Owned        Notes           of Common Stock      Common Stock
Name                                    that May be Sold       Outstanding     That May Be Sold(1)   Outstanding(2)(3)
________________________________       ___________________    _____________    ___________________   ______________

Lehman Brothers Inc.(4)                    $ 1,000,000               *                 20,507               *
101 Hudson Street
Jersey City, NJ  07302




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          (1) Assumes conversion of all the holder's notes at a conversion price
of $48.7629 per share of common stock. However, this conversion price will be
subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying prospectus under
"Description of Notes-Right of Conversion." As a result, the amount of common
stock issuable upon conversion of the notes may increase or decrease in the
future.

          (2) Calculated based on Rule 13d-3(d)(i) of the Exchange Act using
35,408,474 shares of common stock outstanding as of August 24, 2001. In
calculating this amount, we treated as outstanding the number of shares of
common stock issuable upon conversion of all of that particular holder's notes.
However, we did not assume the conversion of any other holder's notes.




          (3) The amounts presented herein are in addition to those reported by
the selling securityholders in the accompanying prospectus dated August 31, 2001
and the accompanying prospectus supplements dated September 18, 2001, October
10, 2001, October 30, 2001, November 30, 2001 and January 10, 2002.

          (4) Does not include an additional $1,000,000 of notes owned by holder
that wil not be resold hereunder.

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INVESTING IN THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE
"RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 10 OF THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS.

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND STATE SECURITIES REGULATORS HAVE NOT
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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           The date of this Prospectus Supplement is February 1, 2002.


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