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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 33-74716) pertaining to the Uniphase Corporation 1984 Amended and
Restated Stock Plan, the 1993 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan, the 1993 Amended
and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8
No. 33-31722) pertaining to the Uniphase Corporation Amended and Restated 1993
Flexible Stock Incentive Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-09937) pertaining to the Uniphase Telecommunications Products, Inc. 1995
Flexible Stock Incentive Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-39423) pertaining to the Uniphase Corporation Amended and Restated 1993
Flexible Stock Incentive Plan and the 1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-62465) pertaining to the Uniphase
Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the Uniphase Corporation
Amended and Restated 1993 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan; the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-81911) pertaining to the JDS FITEL Inc. 1994 Stock
Option Plan and 1996 Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-81909) pertaining to the Uniphase Corporation Amended and Restated 1993
Flexible Stock Incentive Plan, the 1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, and the
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-70339) pertaining to the Broadband Communications Products, Inc. 1992 Key
Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan, the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan and
the 1997 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8
No. 333-90301) pertaining to the JDS Uniphase Corporation 1999 Canadian Employee
Stock Purchase Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-91313)
pertaining to the EPITAXX, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee, Director and
Consultant Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-96481) pertaining to the Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. 1993 Incentive
Compensation Plan, the 1995 Incentive Compensation Plan, the 1996 Incentive
Compensation Plan, the 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan, the 1999 Incentive
Compensation Plan, the 1999 Director Stock Plan and the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-36114) pertaining to
the Cronos Integrated Microsystems, Inc. 1999 Stock Plan; the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-40696) pertaining to the E-TEK Dynamics, Inc. 1997
Executive Equity Incentive Plan, the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, the 1998
Director Option Plan and the 1998 Stock Plan; the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-46846) pertaining to the Epion Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan;
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-50176) pertaining to the Epion
Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No.
333-50502) pertaining to the JDS Uniphase Corporation Amended and Restated 1993
Flexible Stock Incentive Plan and the 1999 Canadian Employee Stock Purchase
Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-53642) pertaining to the JDS
Uniphase Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; the Registration
Statement (Form S-3 Nos. 333-27931, 333-70351, 333-78821, 333-82797, 333-83129,
333-88761, 333-91827, 333-94217, 333-39436, 333-48930) of JDS Uniphase
Corporation (formerly Uniphase Corporation); the Registration Statement (Form
S-4 No. 333-45300) of JDS Uniphase Corporation and the related Prospectus of our
report dated July 24, 2000 (except for Note 13, as to which the date is October
30, 2000), with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
JDS Uniphase included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended June
30, 2000.

                                              /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
San Jose, California
February 9, 2001