Segment, Customer and Geographical Reporting (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenue	$ 10,484,530	$ 12,299,010	$ 21,037,805	$ 24,431,305
Gross profit	4,791,572	5,084,343	9,418,438	10,211,291
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets	6,763,072	0	6,763,072	0
Operating Income (Loss)	(7,248,014)	(599,716)	(7,439,301)	(413,388)
Depreciation and Amortization	443,717	363,073	870,175	743,193
Capital expenditures	(99,889)	281,987	215,679	687,328
Intangibles, Net	3,776,038	6,048,724	3,776,038	6,048,724	6,703,305
Goodwill	6,135,642	13,353,572	6,135,642	13,353,572	10,254,160
Total Assets	28,278,468	39,708,945	28,278,468	39,708,945	37,465,428
Contract Research [Member]
Revenue	5,487,850	6,978,973	10,398,690	13,204,256
Gross profit	2,647,870	2,771,643	4,861,923	5,211,931
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets	0		0
Operating Income (Loss)	232,015	158,278	231,409	303,495
Depreciation and Amortization	79,637	57,777	142,419	94,937
Capital expenditures	(187,425)	85,199	(1,095)	347,219
Intangibles, Net	349,786	402,434	349,786	402,434
Goodwill	4,938,625	4,938,625	4,938,625	4,938,625
Total Assets	13,332,151	12,797,372	13,332,151	12,797,372
Optics [Member]
Revenue	3,931,766	3,684,213	8,183,706	7,596,764
Gross profit	1,632,007	1,471,367	3,332,562	2,933,785
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets	0		0
Operating Income (Loss)	2,336	30,970	388,012	195,093
Depreciation and Amortization	184,696	155,597	370,324	349,100
Capital expenditures	87,536	183,965	209,682	324,841
Intangibles, Net	866,488	1,790	866,488	1,790
Goodwill	1,197,017	2,115,376	1,197,017	2,115,376
Total Assets	9,748,703	11,385,312	9,748,703	11,385,312
Instruments [Member]
Revenue	1,014,320	1,629,248	2,298,358	3,612,784
Gross profit	461,101	837,368	1,066,902	2,088,791
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets	6,763,072		6,763,072
Operating Income (Loss)	(7,270,801)	(538,996)	(7,726,495)	(459,452)
Depreciation and Amortization	164,384	134,699	327,432	269,156
Capital expenditures	0	12,823	7,092	15,268
Intangibles, Net	2,349,767	5,374,500	2,349,767	5,374,500
Goodwill	0	6,299,571	0	6,299,571
Total Assets	4,862,956	15,276,724	4,862,956	15,276,724
Biomedical [Member]
Revenue	50,594	6,576	157,051	17,501
Gross profit	50,594	3,965	157,051	(23,216)
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets	0		0
Operating Income (Loss)	(211,564)	(249,968)	(332,227)	(452,524)
Depreciation and Amortization	15,000	15,000	30,000	30,000
Capital expenditures	0	0	0	0
Intangibles, Net	209,997	270,000	209,997	270,000
Goodwill	0	0	0	0
Total Assets	$ 334,658	$ 249,537	$ 334,658	$ 249,537