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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 the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and Prospectus of JDS Uniphase Corporation for
the registration of 2,527,532 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
February 9, 2001