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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income (loss) before income taxes $ (15,664,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 18,791,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense (benefit) 3,446,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (369,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Contingent consideration   29,400,000veco_BusinessAcquisitionContingentConsiderationFairValue
Domestic    
Income tax expense (benefit) 2,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Foreign    
Income tax expense (benefit) $ 1,400,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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