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Fair Value Accounting (Other Disclosure) (Details) (USD $)
6 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Apr. 17, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Oct. 22, 2014
Apr. 16, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Number of outstanding warrants (in shares) 400,001us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding     400,001us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding    
Digital Products Business            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Asset sale, promissory note, principal amount         $ 16,000,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNotePrincipalAmount
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Proceeds from sale of business 1,500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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Asset sale, promissory note, interest rate, year one         0.05emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNoteStatedInterestRateFirstYear
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Asset sale, promissory note, interest rate, year two         0.13emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNoteStatedInterestRateSecondYear
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Asset purchase agreement, selling price         17,500,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
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Subsequent Event | Digital Products Business            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Asset sale, promissory note, principal amount           15,500,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationNotePrincipalAmount
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Proceeds from sale of business     $ 15,700,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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