Segment, Customer and Geographical Reporting (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Optics [Member]
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Instrument Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	28.00%	32.00%	28.00%	29.00%
Instrument Segment [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	38.00%
Biomedical Technologies [Member] | Sales [Member]
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Contract Research [Member]
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	58.00%	56.00%	59.00%	70.00%