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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract] |  |
Net operating losses or credits utilization period | 1 year |
Change in cumulative ownership percentage (in hundredths) | 50.00%axti_ChangeInCumulativeOwnershipPercentage |
Period with in which cumulative ownership change | 3 years |
Gross unrecognized tax benefits | $ 16,400,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits |
Unrecognized tax benefits interest and penalties | 0 axti_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense |
Unrecognized tax benefits accrued interest and penalties | 0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued |
Federal income tax benefit or expense | $ 0 us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 0 us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit

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