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Income Taxes (Details 3) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 04, 2014
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Income tax provision (benefit) at U.S. statutory rates |  | $ (27,424,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate | $ (24,923,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate | $ 13,366,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate |
State taxes, net of U.S. federal impact |  | (662,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes | (1,554,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes | (89,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes |
Effect of international operations |  | (6,160,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential | (4,275,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential | (2,387,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential |
Domestic production activities deduction |  |  | 1,554,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities | (489,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities |
Research and development tax credit |  | (1,935,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch | (3,151,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch | (3,013,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch |
Net change in valuation allowance |  | 27,156,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | 2,420,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | 2,943,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance |
Change in accrual for unrecognized tax benefits |  | (1,940,000)veco_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInAccrualForUnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 577,000veco_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInAccrualForUnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 533,000veco_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInAccrualForUnrecognizedTaxBenefits |
Goodwill impairment |  | 9,786,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses |  |  |
Change in contingent consideration |  | (10,279,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies | 290,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies |  |
Other |  | 44,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments | 115,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments | 793,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments |
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes |  | (11,414,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | (28,947,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 11,657,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
Reversal of additional tax of foreign jurisdiction | 4,900,000veco_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAdditional |  |  |  |
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises not recorded |  | 600,000veco_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationNotRecorded | 500,000veco_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationNotRecorded |  |
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises |  |  |  | 2,100,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation |
PSP |  |  |  |  |
Income taxes |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax liability related to acquisition |  |  |  |  | $ 2,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = veco_SolidStateEquipmentLlcMember

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