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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.6



                  CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
Flex Products, Inc.


        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 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.




/s/ KPMG LLP

San Francisco, California
June 30, 2000