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8. Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Notes payable and long-term debt total	$ 37,494us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	$ 26,108us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Current portion of notes payable and long-term debt	(18,721)us-gaap_NotesAndLoansPayableCurrent	(9,591)us-gaap_NotesAndLoansPayableCurrent
Long term portion of notes payable and long-term debt	18,773us-gaap_NotesAndLoansPayable	19,057us-gaap_NotesAndLoansPayable
Bank acceptance notes	1,445us-gaap_BankAcceptancesExecutedAndOutstanding	1,271us-gaap_BankAcceptancesExecutedAndOutstanding
Revolving Line of Credit 1
Notes payable and long-term debt total	15,000us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember	15,000us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Debt maturity date	Jul. 15, 2017
Interest rate	LIBOR plus 2.75%
Term loan 1
Notes payable and long-term debt total	4,906us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_TermLoan1Member	5,000us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_TermLoan1Member
Debt maturity date	Jul. 19, 2019
Interest rate	LIBOR plus 2.75%
Revolving Line of Credit 2
Notes payable and long-term debt total	2,769us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit1Member	0us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit1Member
Debt maturity date	Nov. 15, 2015
Interest rate	interest rate swap index 1.5%, or 2.40%
Revolving Line of Credit 3
Notes payable and long-term debt total	3,642us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit2Member	3,605us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit2Member
Debt maturity date	Feb. 06, 2016
Interest rate	LIBOR plus 1.2%
Revolving Line of Credit 4
Notes payable and long-term debt total	2,351us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit3Member	0us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit3Member
Debt maturity date	Feb. 06, 2016
Interest rate	LIBOR plus 1.7%
Revolving Line of Credit 5
Notes payable and long-term debt total	3,572us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit4Member	3,536us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit4Member
Debt maturity date	Nov. 27, 2015
Interest rate	Interest Rate Index plus 0.41% or LIBOR plus 1.28%
Note Payable
Notes payable and long-term debt total	255us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_NotePayableMember	443us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_NotePayableMember
Debt maturity date	Jul. 30, 2015
Interest rate	4.95% interest
Revolving Line of Credit 5
Notes payable and long-term debt total	2,557us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit5Member	1,064us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit5Member
Debt maturity date	May 31, 2015
Interest rate	interest ranged from 0.76% to 1.66%
Revolving Line of Credit 7
Notes payable and long-term debt total	2,442us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit6Member	0us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_LineOfCredit6Member
Debt maturity date	Mar. 17, 2016
Interest rate	interest at 108% of China Prime rate, or 5.79%
Bank Acceptance Notes Payable
Notes payable and long-term debt total	$ 1,445us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_BankAcceptanceNotesPayableMember	$ 1,271us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = AAOI_BankAcceptanceNotesPayableMember
Debt maturity date	Sep. 30, 2015
Interest rate	zero percent interest rate, a 30% guarantee deposit of $434

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