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Stock-Based Compensation - Fair Value of Stock Options Granted and Purchase Rights Issued under the ESPP (Details) - $ / shares | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2023
Weighted average fair value for options granted (in dollars per share) | $ 9.84 | $ 5.09
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Employee Stock Option |  |
Expected dividend yield |  |
Risk-free interest rate, minimum |  | 3.46%
Risk-free interest rate, maximum |  | 4.62%
Risk-free interest rate | 3.98% |
Expected Volatility, minimum |  | 91.00%
Expected Volatility, maximum |  | 95.00%
Expected volatility | 90.00% |
Expected life (years) | 6 years 1 month 6 days |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Employee Stock Option | Minimum |  |
Expected life (years) |  | 5 years 9 months 18 days
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Employee Stock Option | Maximum |  |
Expected life (years) |  | 6 years 1 month 6 days
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Employee Purchase Rights |  |
Expected dividend yield |  |
Risk-free interest rate, minimum | 4.80% | 5.20%
Risk-free interest rate, maximum | 5.27% | 5.47%
Expected Volatility, minimum | 62.00% | 60.00%
Expected Volatility, maximum | 72.00% | 64.00%
Expected life (years) | 6 months | 6 months

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- Definition The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2 + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2 + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the maximum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iv) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (d)(1) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2 + Details
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