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      CORPORATION</u></strong></font></div>
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      Belmont Drive</strong></font></div>
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      New Jersey 08873</u></strong></font></div>
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        CORPORATION</strong></font></div>
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        STOCK OPTION PLAN</u></strong></font></div>
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        Belmont Drive</strong></font></div>
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                  17,875,000</font></div>
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                  1,912.63</font></div>
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                  an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that
                  may be
                  offered and issued pursuant to stock dividends, stock splits, or
                  similar
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
                  registration statement is being filed for purposes of registering
                  2,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock of EMCORE Corporation,
                  issuable pursuant to our 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended and
                  restated
                  (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).&#160; We have previously registered an aggregate 6,850,000
                  shares pursuant to&#160;registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos.
                  333-37306, 333-60816, and 333-118076) under the Plan.&#160; The
                  registration fees for the previously registered shares were paid
                  at the
                  time that the previous registration statements were
                  filed.</font></div>
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                  pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the General Rules and Regulations under
                  the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), for the purpose
                  of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the
                  high and
                  low sales price on the NASDAQ National Market on March 8,
                  2006.</font></div>
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          NOTE</u></font></strong></div>
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          to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the registrant, EMCORE Corporation
          (the
&#8220;Registrant&#8221;), is filing this registration statement (&#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;)
          with respect to the issuance of an additional 2,500,000 shares of its common
          stock, no par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), under the Plan.</font></div>
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          18, 2000, May 11, 2001, and August 10, 2004, the Registrant filed registration
          statements (the &#8220;Prior Registration Statements&#8221;) on Form S-8 (File Nos.
          333-37306, 333-60816, and 333-118076, respectively) with respect to the
          issuance
          of an aggregate 6,850,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan.&#160; The
          contents of the Prior Registration Statements are hereby incorporated in
          this
          Registration Statement by reference.</font></div>
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            documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
            or given
            to persons to whom the information is required to be given as specified
            by Rule
            428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. 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 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated
            by
            reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
            of this
            Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
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            REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</strong></font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
            following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated
            herein by reference:</font></div>
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                    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Registrant&#8217;s
                      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
                      30,
                      2005.</font></div>
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            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Registrant&#8217;s
                      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
                      December 31,
                      2005.</font></div>
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                <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
                  <td align="right" style="width: 72pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(3)&#160;&#160;</font></td>
                  <td>
                    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Registrant&#8217;s
                      Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October
                      25, 2005;
                      November 16, 2005; January 19, 2006; February 2, 2006; February
                      17,
                      2006&#160;(Items 1.01 and 9.01 only); and March 1, 2006; as well as the
                      Registrant's Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with
                      the
                      Commission on March 6, 2006.</font></div>
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            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
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                  <td>
                    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                      Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission
                      on February 26, 1997 (File Number 0-22175) pursuant to Section
                      12(g) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;),
                      which incorporates by reference the description of the shares
                      of Common
                      Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
                      Number
                      333-18565) filed by the Registrant on December 23, 1996, as
                      amended by
                      Amendment No. 1 filed on February 6, 1997, Amendment No. 2
                      filed on
                      February 11, 1997 and Amendment No. 3 filed on February 24,
                      1997, and
                      declared effective by the Commission on March 6, 1997, and
                      any amendment
                      or report filed with the Commission for purposes of updating
                      such
                      description.</font></div>
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            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
              reports and other documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
              pursuant
              to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
              date of
              this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
              amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicates that all
              securities
              offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
              remaining
              unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
              to be part
              hereof from the respective dates of filing of such reports and
              documents.</font></div>
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
                5.<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;Interests of
                Named
                Experts and Counsel.</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">An
                  opinion concerning the validity of the issuance of shares of Common
                  Stock has
                  been passed upon for the Registrant by Howard W. Brodie, Esq.,
                  Executive Vice
                  President and Chief Legal Officer of the Registrant.&#160; <em>See </em>Exhibit
                  5.1 to this Registration Statement.&#160; As of March 10, 2006, Mr. Brodie had
                  options to purchase&#160;260,000 shares of Common Stock, of which&#160;105,345
                  shares were vested.</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
              </div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
                  8.<font id="TAB2" style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>&#160;Exhibits.</strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                    exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are as
                    follows:</font></div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
                <div align="center">
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Exhibit
                            No.</u></strong></font></div>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" valign="top" width="88%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Description</u></strong></font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr>
                        <td valign="top" width="12%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.1</font></div>
                        </td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2000
                            Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated on February
                            13, 2006
                            (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Current
                            Report on Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2006).</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
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                        <td valign="top" width="12%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.2</font></div>
                        </td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Restated
                            Certificate of Incorporation, dated </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">December</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                            21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of
                            the Registrant&#8217;s
                            Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                            September 30,
                            2000).</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
                        </td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.3</font></div>
                        </td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amended
                            By-Laws, as amended through December 21, 2000 (incorporated
                            by reference
                            to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                            fiscal year ended September 30, 2000).</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><a href="emcores8-ex51.htm">5.1</a></font></div>
                        </td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Opinion
                            of Howard W. Brodie, Esq.*</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                        </td>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23.1</font></div>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Consent
                            of Howard W. Brodie, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to
                            this Registration
                            Statement).*</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><a href="emcores8-ex232consent.htm">23.2</a></font></div>
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                            of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.*</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Power
                            of Attorney (included on signature page).*</font></div>
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><em>*
                Filed herewith.</em></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>SIGNATURE</u></strong></font></div>
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                to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Somerset,
                State of New Jersey, on this 10th day of March,
                2006.</font></div>
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                  Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated on February 13, 2006
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Current
                  Report on Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2006).</font></div>
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                  Certificate of Incorporation, dated </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">December</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                  21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s
                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
                  30,
                  2000).</font></div>
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                  By-Laws, as amended through December 21, 2000 (incorporated by
                  reference
                  to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                  fiscal year ended September 30, 2000).</font></div>
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                  of Howard W. Brodie, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
                  Statement).*</font></div>
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EMCORE CORP. S-8 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN
As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10,
        2006
Registration
        No. 333-______
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
                of Incorporation
IRS
                Employer Identification No.
145
      Belmont Drive
Somerset,
      New Jersey 08873
Address
      of principal executive offices, including Zip Code
EMCORE
        CORPORATION
2000
        STOCK OPTION PLAN
Full
        Title of the Plan
Thomas
        G. Werthan
EMCORE
        Corporation
145
        Belmont Drive
Somerset,
        New Jersey 08873
Name
        and Address of Agent for Service
(732)
      271-9090
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service
CALCULATION
        OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                  of Securities
to
                  be Registered
Amount
                  to
be
Registered
(1)(2)
Proposed
                  Maximum
Offering
                  Price Per Share
Proposed
                  Maximum
Aggregate
                  Offering Price
Amount
                  of
Registration
                  Fee
Common
                  Stock, without par value
2,500,000
$7.15
(3)
$
                  17,875,000
$
                  1,912.63
(1)
Plus
                  an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that
                  may be
                  offered and issued pursuant to stock dividends, stock splits, or
                  similar
                  transactions.
(2)
This
                  registration statement is being filed for purposes of registering
                  2,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock of EMCORE Corporation,
                  issuable pursuant to our 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended and
                  restated
                  (the "Plan").  We have previously registered an aggregate 6,850,000
                  shares pursuant to registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos.
                  333-37306, 333-60816, and 333-118076) under the Plan.  The
                  registration fees for the previously registered shares were paid
                  at the
                  time that the previous registration statements were
                  filed.
(3)
Estimated
                  pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the General Rules and Regulations under
                  the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the purpose
                  of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the
                  high and
                  low sales price on the NASDAQ National Market on March 8,
                  2006.
EXPLANATORY
          NOTE
Pursuant
          to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the registrant, EMCORE Corporation
          (the
"Registrant"), is filing this registration statement ("Registration Statement")
          with respect to the issuance of an additional 2,500,000 shares of its common
          stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), under the Plan.
On
          May
          18, 2000, May 11, 2001, and August 10, 2004, the Registrant filed registration
          statements (the "Prior Registration Statements") on Form S-8 (File Nos.
          333-37306, 333-60816, and 333-118076, respectively) with respect to the
          issuance
          of an aggregate 6,850,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan.  The
          contents of the Prior Registration Statements are hereby incorporated in
          this
          Registration Statement by reference.
PART
            I
INFORMATION
            REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
            documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
            or given
            to persons to whom the information is required to be given 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. Such documents and the documents incorporated
            by
            reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
            of this
            Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
            of
            Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART
            II
INFORMATION
            REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
            3.
Incorporation
            of Documents by Reference.
The
            following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated
            herein by reference:
(1)
Registrant's
                      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
                      30,
                      2005.
(2)
Registrant's
                      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
                      December 31,
                      2005.
(3)
Registrant's
                      Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October
                      25, 2005;
                      November 16, 2005; January 19, 2006; February 2, 2006; February
                      17,
                      2006 (Items 1.01 and 9.01 only); and March 1, 2006; as well as the
                      Registrant's Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with
                      the
                      Commission on March 6, 2006.
(4)
The
                      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission
                      on February 26, 1997 (File Number 0-22175) pursuant to Section
                      12(g) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
                      which incorporates by reference the description of the shares
                      of Common
                      Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
                      Number
                      333-18565) filed by the Registrant on December 23, 1996, as
                      amended by
                      Amendment No. 1 filed on February 6, 1997, Amendment No. 2
                      filed on
                      February 11, 1997 and Amendment No. 3 filed on February 24,
                      1997, and
                      declared effective by the Commission on March 6, 1997, and
                      any amendment
                      or report filed with the Commission for purposes of updating
                      such
                      description.
All
              reports and other documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
              pursuant
              to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
              date of
              this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
              amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicates that all
              securities
              offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
              remaining
              unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
              to be part
              hereof from the respective dates of filing of such reports and
              documents.
Item
                5.
Interests of
                Named
                Experts and Counsel.
An
                  opinion concerning the validity of the issuance of shares of Common
                  Stock has
                  been passed upon for the Registrant by Howard W. Brodie, Esq.,
                  Executive Vice
                  President and Chief Legal Officer of the Registrant.
See
Exhibit
                  5.1 to this Registration Statement.  As of March 10, 2006, Mr. Brodie had
                  options to purchase 260,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 105,345
                  shares were vested.
Item
                  8.
Exhibits.
The
                    exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are as
                    follows:
Exhibit
                            No.
Description
4.1
2000
                            Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated on February
                            13, 2006
                            (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current
                            Report on Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2006).
4.2
Restated
                            Certificate of Incorporation, dated
December
21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of
                            the Registrant's
                            Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                            September 30,
                            2000).
4.3
Amended
                            By-Laws, as amended through December 21, 2000 (incorporated
                            by reference
                            to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                            fiscal year ended September 30, 2000).
5.1
Opinion
                            of Howard W. Brodie, Esq.*
23.1
Consent
                            of Howard W. Brodie, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to
                            this Registration
                            Statement).*
23.2
Consent
                            of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
24.1
Power
                            of Attorney (included on signature page).*
*
                Filed herewith.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
                to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Somerset,
                State of New Jersey, on this 10th day of March,
                2006.
EMCORE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ 
                  Thomas G. Werthan
Thomas
                  G. Werthan
Chief
                  Financial Officer
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
Each
        person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby
        authorizes Reuben F. Richards, Jr. and Thomas G. Werthan, 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 Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional registration
        statements relating to the same offering of securities as this Registration
        Statement that are filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, 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, this Registration Statement on
        Form
        S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
        date
        indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/
Thomas
                  J. Russell
Chairman
                  of the Board and Director
March
                    10, 2006
Thomas
                  J. Russell
/s/ 
                  Reuben F. Richards, Jr.
President,
                  Chief Executive Officer, and Director
March
                    10, 2006
Reuben
                  F. Richards, Jr.
(Principal
                  Executive Officer)
/s/
Thomas
                  G. Werthan
Executive
                  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
March
                    10, 2006
Thomas
                  G. Werthan
(Principal
                  Accounting and Financial Officer)
/s/
Richard
                  A. Stall
Executive
                  Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, and Director
March
                    10, 2006
Richard
                  A. Stall
/s/
Robert
                  Bogomolny
Director
March
                    10, 2006
Robert
                  Bogomolny
/s/
John Gillen
Director
March
                    10, 2006
John Gillen
/s/
Robert
                  Louis-Dreyfus
Director
March
                    10, 2006
Robert
                  Louis-Dreyfus
/s/
Charles
                  T. Scott
Director
March
                    10, 2006
Charles
                  T. Scott
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                  No.
Description
4.1
2000
                  Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated on February 13, 2006
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current
                  Report on Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2006).
4.2
Restated
                  Certificate of Incorporation, dated
December
21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's
                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
                  30,
                  2000).
4.3
Amended
                  By-Laws, as amended through December 21, 2000 (incorporated by
                  reference
                  to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                  fiscal year ended September 30, 2000).
5.1
Opinion
                  of Howard W. Brodie, Esq.*
23.1
Consent
                  of Howard W. Brodie, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
                  Statement).*
23.2
Consent
                  of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (included on signature page).*
*
      Filed herewith.