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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 08, 2018	Nov. 07, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018	Apr. 01, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain from business combination			$ 0	$ 0		$ 0	$ (5,416)
O.R. Lasertechnologies GmbH
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination costs	$ 47,400
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs						$ 400
O.R. Lasertechnologies GmbH \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life	1 year
O.R. Lasertechnologies GmbH \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life	8 years
Rofin-Sinar
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination costs		$ 919,781
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs								$ 17,600
Total purchase price to allocate		$ 936,314
Acquisition price per share of Rofin		$ 32.5
Cash settlement paid for Rofin employee stock options		$ 15,290
Total estimated merger consideration for canceled of options held by Rofin employees		11,100
Post merger stock compensation expense		$ 4,152
Gain from business combination					$ (5,400)
Acquired finished goods and work in process amortization period								6 months
Sales revenue				110,700			185,100
Net income (loss) from continuing operations				$ (17,900)			$ (29,900)
Rofin-Sinar \| Inventory
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets at fair value								$ 26,400
incremental cost of sales recorded from inventory fair value adjustment					$ 26,400
Rofin-Sinar \| Property and equipment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets at fair value								$ 36,000
Rofin-Sinar \| Backlog
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								6 months
Rofin-Sinar \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								3 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								5 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Minimum \| Property and equipment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								3 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Minimum \| Existing technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								3 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Minimum \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								5 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Maximum \| Property and equipment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								31 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Maximum \| Existing technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								5 years
Rofin-Sinar \| Maximum \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible asset, useful life								10 years