Related Party Transactions (Details)	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2011 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] USD ($) EquityMethodInvestee	Aug. 31, 2011 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] CNY	Mar. 31, 2014 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] USD ($) Installment	Mar. 31, 2013 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] CNY	Dec. 31, 2013 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] CNY	Mar. 31, 2014 Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology [Member] USD ($) sqft	Mar. 31, 2014 Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology [Member] CNY sqft
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount of loan under note agreement			$ 1,700,000	10,485,200
Number of equity method investees to whom loan was granted			1	1
Term of Loan			2 years 10 months	2 years 10 months
Number of installments					3
Related party notes receivable - long term	1,701,000	1,715,000			1,700,000		10,485,200	1,700,000	10,485,200
Income from agency sales					0	10,000				5,000	65,000
Accrued liabilities	6,646,000	7,286,000			0			0
Accounts payable	7,618,000	8,140,000			1,200,000			1,500,000
Area of leased property (in square feet)	27,760											22,081	22,081
Lease term	7 years											10 years	10 years
Annual lease payment												24,000	150,000
Increase in annual lease payment at each third year anniversary (in hundredths)												5.00%	5.00%
Payments to purchase materials												$ 120,000	740,924