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JDS Uniphase Corporation was a company that designed and manufactured products for optical communications networks, communications test and measurement equipment, lasers, optical solutions for authentication and decorative applications, and other custom optics. It was headquartered in Milpitas, California. It was formerly known as JDS Uniphase, prior to a rebranding of its corporate image on September 14, 2005. The legal entity was called JDS Uniphase Corporation, but more commonly called JDSU.
Uniphase was started in 1979 in a San Jose, California garage, and made lasers for chip makers and scanners. In 1981, JDS Optics was founded in Canada by Jozef Straus, Philip Garel-Jones, Gary Duck, and Bill Sinclair. The JDS is short for Jones, Duck and Straus/Sinclair. The company became JDS Fitel when it formed a partnership with Fitel, a fiber optic and optical connector company. In 1999, JDSU was formed by the merger between JDS Fitel and Uniphase, and became known as JDS Uniphase subsequent to the merger.