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Income and other Taxes Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Discontinued Operation, Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit, Discontinued Operations $ 24,100,000emkr_DiscontinuedOperationDeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit      
Deferred tax valuation allowance release 24,080,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 0us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit    
Income tax benefit 1,912,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,080,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit    
Discontinued operations, tax effect 30,200,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfIncomeLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperation      
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Expense   1,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense    
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent 37.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 22.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued 462,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued   445,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Income tax credits and adjustments $ 600,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxCreditsAndAdjustments