Segment, Customer and Geographical Reporting (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Concentration Risk, Percentage	28.00%	24.00%
Optics [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	10.00%	10.00%
Instrument Segment [Member] | Customer One [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	18.50%	18.00%
Biomedical Technologies [Member] | Customer One [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	92.10%	0.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	69.60%	78.10%