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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We consent to the inclusion and incorporation in this registration
statement on Form S-3 of our report dated November 3, 1997, except for Note 15,
as to which the date is December 5, 1997, on our audits of the financial
statements and financial statement schedule of EMCORE Corporation as of
September 30, 1997, and for the two years ended September 30, 1997. We also
consent to the references to our firm under the caption "Experts".


                                              PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Florham Park, New Jersey
June 8, 1999