Segment, Customer and Geographical Reporting (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 10,640,527	$ 11,322,342	$ 31,758,512	$ 32,360,147
Gross Profit	3,907,647	4,699,950	12,717,061	13,847,717
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	0	6,763,072
Operating Income (Loss)	156,186	(215,507)	2,237,629	(7,654,808)
Depreciation and Amortization	274,530	459,226	809,303	1,329,401
Capital expenditures	1,937,479	206,898	879,303	422,577
Intangibles, Net	1,333,513	3,606,177	1,333,513	3,606,177	3,484,583
Goodwill	6,332,396	6,136,128	6,332,396	6,136,128	6,240,983
Total Assets	26,471,616	27,748,771	26,471,616	27,748,771	26,677,226
Contract Research [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	5,460,853	5,933,085	16,915,355	16,331,775
Gross Profit	2,121,495	2,514,235	7,092,752	7,376,158
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	0	0
Operating Income (Loss)	64,007	22,869	654,339	254,278
Depreciation and Amortization	70,149	88,770	209,645	231,189
Capital expenditures	0	0	12,028	(1,095)
Intangibles, Net	307,118	332,800	307,118	332,800
Goodwill	4,938,625	4,938,625	4,938,625	4,938,625
Total Assets	9,451,010	13,562,650	9,451,010	13,562,650
Optics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	5,172,217	3,860,648	14,059,393	12,044,354
Gross Profit	1,778,695	1,372,490	5,295,215	4,434,381
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	0	0
Operating Income (Loss)	224,705	25,402	1,145,249	413,414
Depreciation and Amortization	189,381	191,741	550,989	562,065
Capital expenditures	1,937,479	206,898	2,606,365	416,580
Intangibles, Net	893,062	848,046	893,062	848,046
Goodwill	1,393,771	1,197,503	1,393,771	1,197,503
Total Assets	16,053,222	8,780,459	16,053,222	8,780,459
Instruments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	0	1,498,609	772,578	3,796,967
Gross Profit	0	783,225	317,908	1,850,127
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	0	6,763,072
Operating Income (Loss)	39,983	(48,219)	1,006,161	(7,774,714)
Depreciation and Amortization	0	163,715	2,003	491,147
Capital expenditures	0	0	0	7,092
Intangibles, Net	0	2,230,334	0	2,230,334
Goodwill	0	0	0	0
Total Assets	335,290	5,142,707	335,290	5,142,707
Biomedical [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	7,457	30,000	11,186	187,051
Gross Profit	7,457	30,000	11,186	187,051
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	0	0
Operating Income (Loss)	(172,509)	(215,559)	(568,120)	(547,786)
Depreciation and Amortization	15,000	15,000	46,666	45,000
Capital expenditures	0	0	0	0
Intangibles, Net	133,333	194,997	133,333	194,997
Goodwill	0	0	0	0
Total Assets	$ 632,094	$ 262,955	$ 632,094	$ 262,955