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Credit Facilities (Details) (Revolving Credit Facility, USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
letter_of_credit
LIBOR Rate Loan
 
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity $ 35,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= emkr_LIBORRateLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Credit facility, interest rate on outstanding balance 3.30%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= emkr_LIBORRateLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Standby letters of credit, total amount outstanding 1,500,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= emkr_LIBORRateLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Number of standby letters of credit outstanding 6emkr_StandbyLettersOfCreditNumberOfLettersOfCreditOutstanding
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= emkr_LIBORRateLoanMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Sixth Amendment
 
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity $ 15,000,000.00us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= emkr_SixthAmendmentMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember