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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2009</font></div>
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No.______</font></div>
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STATES</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; and &#8220;smaller
reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):&#160;</font></div>
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&#8220;Registrant&#8221;), is filing this Registration Statement with respect to the
issuance of an additional $750,000 of its common stock (valued as of the date of
issue), no par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), under the
Plan.</font></div>
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The documents containing the information specified in Part&#160;I of
Form&#160;S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as
specified by Rule&#160;428(b)(1)&#160;of the Securities Act.&#160; Such
documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses,
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&#160;424 of the Securities Act, but
constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part&#160;II hereof) a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section&#160;10(a)&#160;of the Securities
Act.</font></div>
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Employee Plan Annual Information</font></font></div>
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The Registrant will, upon written or oral request, provide without charge to any
persons to whom the prospectuses relating to this Registration Statement are
delivered, a copy of any and all of the information which has been incorporated
by reference in such prospectuses and this Registration Statement (pursuant to
Item 3 of Part&#160;II hereof). Such requests should be directed to the
Secretary, EMCORE Corporation, 10420 Research Road SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87123 (505) 332-5000.</font></div>
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documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:</font></font></div>
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The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
2008;</font></div>
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Exchange Act since September 30, 2008;
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registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February
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In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&#160;of the Exchange
Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof
from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as &#8220;Incorporated
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Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&#160;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Albuquerque, State of New Mexico, on June 3, 2009.</font></div>
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person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby
authorizes Hong Q. Hou, Ph.D. and, severally, such person&#8217;s true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for such
person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on
such person&#8217;s behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and
all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this Form S-8, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes,
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forms-8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2009
Registration
No.______
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EMCORE
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
22-2746503
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
10420
      Research Road SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
87123
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
      Code)
EMCORE Corporation 2007
Directors' Stock Award Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Keith
J. Kosco, Esq
Chief
Legal Officer and Secretary
EMCORE
Corporation
10420
Research Road SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
87123
(Name and
address of agent for service)
(505) 332-5000
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
[ 
] Large accelerated
filer
[X]
Accelerated
filer
[  ]
Non-accelerated
filer              
   [  ] Smaller reporting company
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of each class of
securities
      to be registered
Amount
      to be
registered
      (1)
Proposed
      maximum
offering
      price per
share
      (1)
Proposed
      maximum
aggregate
      offering
price
      (1)
Amount
      of
registration
      fee
Common
      Stock, no par value (2)
N/A
N/A
$750,000
$41.85
(1)
See
      Introduction.
(2)
The
      shares of common stock being registered are to be issued pursuant to the
      EMCORE Corporation 2007 Directors' Stock Award Plan (the "Plan")
.  Pursuant to Rule
      416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
      statement (the "Registration Statement") also covers an indeterminate
      number of shares that may be offered or issued as a result of stock
      splits, stock dividends, or similar
  transactions.
This
Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with
Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.
INTRODUCTION
Pursuant
to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the registrant, EMCORE Corporation (the
"Registrant"), is filing this Registration Statement with respect to the
issuance of an additional $750,000 of its common stock (valued as of the date of
issue), no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), under the
Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
1.
Plan
Information
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of
Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.  Such
documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses,
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act, but
constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
Item
2.
Registrant Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information
The Registrant will, upon written or oral request, provide without charge to any
persons to whom the prospectuses relating to this Registration Statement are
delivered, a copy of any and all of the information which has been incorporated
by reference in such prospectuses and this Registration Statement (pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof). Such requests should be directed to the
Secretary, EMCORE Corporation, 10420 Research Road SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87123 (505) 332-5000.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents
by Reference
The following
documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:
(a)           
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
2008;
(b)
The
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31,
2008;
(c)
The
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2009;
(d)
Current
Reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since September 30, 2008;
and
(e)
The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant'
registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February
26,
1997, including
any amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof
from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated
Documents").
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Albuquerque, State of New Mexico, on June 3, 2009.
EMCORE
      CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Keith J. Kosco
Keith
      J. Kosco, ESQ
Chief
      Legal Officer and Secretary
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby
authorizes Hong Q. Hou, Ph.D. and, severally, such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for such
person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on
such person's behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and
all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this Form S-8, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this report has been signed
below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities
indicated, on June 3, 2009.
Signature
Title
/
s/ Thomas J.
      Russell
Chairman
      Emeritus and Lead Director
Thomas
      J. Russell, Ph.D
/s/
      Reuben F. Richards, Jr.
Executive
      Chairman & Chairman of the Board
Reuben
      F. Richards, Jr.
/s/
      Hong Q. Hou
Chief
      Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
    Officer)
Hong
      Q. Hou, Ph.D
/s/
John
      M. Markovich
Chief
      Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
    Officer)
John
      M. Markovich
/s/
      Charles T. Scott
Director
Charles
      T. Scott
/s/
      John Gillen
Director
John
      Gillen
/s/
      Robert Bogomolny
Director
Robert
      Bogomolny
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No
.
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 4, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 4,
2008).
4.2
Amended
By-Laws, as amended through August 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13,
2008).
5.1                        
Legal Opinion of Dillon, Bitar & Luther, L.L.C.*
23.1
Consent
of  Dillon, Bitar & Luther, L.L.C. (included in its opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 in this Registration Statement).*
23.2                      
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
24.1                      
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration
Statement).*
99.1                      
Registrant's 2007 Directors' Stock Award Plan.*
* Filed herewith.