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Equity Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
plan
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
plan
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 10, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]            
Number of equity incentive compensation plans maintained by the company 3emkr_NumberOfEquityIncentiveCompensationPlans   3emkr_NumberOfEquityIncentiveCompensationPlans      
Compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition     3 years 3 months 18 days      
Unvested restricted stock units 593,203us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber   593,203us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber      
Share-based compensation, included in discontinued operations $ 100,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAllocatedSharebasedCompensation $ 400,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAllocatedSharebasedCompensation $ 900,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAllocatedSharebasedCompensation $ 700,000emkr_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAllocatedSharebasedCompensation    
Employee stock purchase plan            
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]            
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), biannual plan duration     6 months      
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), employee purchase price percentage     85.00%emkr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanEsppEmployeePurchasePricePercentage
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), annual employee contribution limit percentage     10.00%emkr_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanEsppAnnualEmployeeContributionLimitPercentage
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Accelerated compensation cost     25,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAcceleratedCompensationCost
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Employee stock options            
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]            
Stock options, average minimum vesting period (in years)     4 years      
Stock options, average maximum vesting period (in years)     5 years      
Stock options, contractual life (in years)     10 years      
Unrecognized compensation expense 200,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions
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Compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition     2 years 6 months      
Restricted Stock Units            
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]            
Award vesting period     3 years      
Remaining unamortized stock-based compensation expense 2,700,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedShareBasedAwardsOtherThanOptions
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Remaining unamortized stock-based compensation expense, period for recognition (in years)     2 years 6 months 0 days      
Unvested restricted stock units 593,203us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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    966,579us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Outstanding non-vested RSUs aggregate intrinsic value 3,200,000emkr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedAggregateIntrinsicValue
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Outstanding non-vested RSUs weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)     1 year 7 months 6 days      
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, equity instruments other than options, aggregate intrinsic value, vested     4,400,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueVested
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1,600,000us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueVested
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Share-based compensation arrangement, by share-based payment award, options, vested and expected to vest, exercisable, number 500,000emkr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableNumber
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Share based compensation arrangement, by share based payment award, equity instruments other than options, expected to vest, intrinsic value $ 3,000,000emkr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExpectedToVestIntrinsicValue
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  $ 3,000,000emkr_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExpectedToVestIntrinsicValue
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Share based compensation arrangement, by share based payment award, equity investments other than options, expected to vest, weighted average contractual term (in years)     1 year 7 months 6 days      
Weighted average grant date fair value, shares granted (USD per share)     $ 5.36us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 4.89us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Vested (in shares)     (838,827)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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