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Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited) (Details 2) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014
Synos Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairment | $ 58,170,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 1,220,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 1,335,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  |
ALD |  |  |  |  |
Synos Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairment |  |  |  | 53,900,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = veco_SynosTechnologyIncMember |
Change in contingent consideration | $ 29,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = veco_SynosTechnologyIncMember | $ (800,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = veco_SynosTechnologyIncMember |  |  | $ 29,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = veco_SynosTechnologyIncMember

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