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Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 22, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 10, 2014
Spain And Netherlands          
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Other income $ 700,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherIncome
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Photovoltaics Business          
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Goodwill 0us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwill
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    20,384,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwill
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Other income 779,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherIncome
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Digital Products Business          
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Asset purchase agreement, selling price     17,500,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
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Asset sale, cash consideration     1,500,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationCash
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Asset sale, promissory note, principal amount     16,000,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNotePrincipalAmount
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Asset sale, promissory note, interest rate, year one     0.050emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNoteStatedInterestRateFirstYear
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Asset sale, promissory note, interest rate, year two     0.130emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNoteStatedInterestRateSecondYear
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Photovoltaics | Photovoltaics Business          
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]          
Asset purchase agreement, selling price         150,000,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
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Net assets sold         60,300,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAssetsNet
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Transaction costs incurred in sale of business 2,700,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationTransactionCosts
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Gain on sale of Photovoltaics Business $ 56,800,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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