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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |
Consolidated statements of changes in equity | Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
|  | Preferred Stock |  |  | Common Stock |  |  | Additional Paid In Capital |  |  | Accumulated Deficit |  |  | Other Comprehensive Income/(loss) |  |  | AXT, Inc. stockholders' equity |  |  | Noncontrolling interests |  |  | Total stockholders' equity |
Balance as of December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 3,532 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 193,063 |  |  | $ | (59,047 | ) |  | $ | 6,033 |  |  | $ | 143,613 |  |  | $ | 7,301 |  |  | $ | 150,914 |
Common stock options exercised |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 256 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 256 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 256 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 332 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 332 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 332 |
Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,400 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,400 | ) |  |  | 441 |  |  |  | (1,959 | )
Dividends declared by joint ventures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,897 | ) |  |  | (2,897 | )
Change in unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (17 | )
Currency translation adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 407 |
Balance as of March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 3,532 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 193,651 |  |  | $ | (61,447 | ) |  | $ | 6,366 |  |  | $ | 142,134 |  |  | $ | 4,902 |  |  | $ | 147,036 |
There were no reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising stockholders' equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative if both financial position and results of operations are presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 + Details
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