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Income (Loss) Per Share - Shares Excluded from EPS (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Unvested participating shares
Basic income (loss) per share
Unvested participating shares excluded from basic weighted average shares outstanding since the securityholders are not obligated to fund losses	72	312	1,017
Common Stock
Diluted income (loss) per share
Common share equivalents excluded from the diluted weighted average shares outstanding since Veeco incurred a net loss and their effect would be antidilutive	239	107	146
Non-Participating shares
Diluted income (loss) per share
Shares excluded from the diluted calculation as their effect would be antidilutive	1,744	1,896	2,111
Convertible Senior Notes
Diluted income (loss) per share
Shares excluded from the diluted calculation as their effect would be antidilutive	8,618

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Antidilution
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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