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Income and other Taxes Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]            
Discontinued operation, deferred income tax expense benefit   $ 24,100,000emkr_DiscontinuedOperationDeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit        
Income tax benefit (expense) (396,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit   433,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (2,308,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (647,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Discontinued operations, tax effect (2,100,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfIncomeLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperation   400,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfIncomeLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperation 28,100,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfIncomeLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperation 600,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfIncomeLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperation  
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, percent 29.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations   (10.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 36.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 7.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued 476,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued     476,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued   445,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Income tax credits and adjustments         $ 600,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxCreditsAndAdjustments