UNITED STATES
                        SECURITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 11-K

(Mark one)

[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
     1934 (FEE REQUIRED)

     For the calendar year ended December 31, 2001

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
     OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

     For the transition period from _______ to _______

                          Commission File No.: 0-22175

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that
     of the issuer named below:

                     EMCORE Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan

B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address
     of its principal executive office:

                               EMCORE Corporation
                                145 Belmont Drive
                               Somerset, NJ 08873
                                 (732) 271-9090

                              REQUIRED INFORMATION

EMCORE Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan ("Plan") is subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). Therefore, in lieu of the
requirements of Items 1-3 of Form 11-K, the financial statements and schedules
of the Plan for the two calendar years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, which
have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of
ERISA, are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.


                                   SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, the trustee (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan)
have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EMCORE Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan


/s/ Thomas G. Werthan                                        June 28, 2002
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Thomas G. Werthan                                                 Date
Chief Financial Officer, Director and Trustee