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Stock-Based Compensation (PSUs, RSUs and Restricted Stock) - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 15, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Jul. 22, 2022
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share granted		545,000
Recognition period of unvested compensation expense		2 years 8 months 12 days
Options available for issuance under stockholders-approved equity plan		3,400,000
ADVA Optical Networking SE, [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Recognition period of unvested compensation expense		1 year 1 month 6 days
Number of market based PSU awards converted to time based RSU awards	300,000
Options available for issuance under stockholders-approved equity plan					2,000,000.0
Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options available for issuance under stockholders-approved equity plan		2,100,000
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share granted		300,000	300,000
Vesting period		1 year	2 years	3 years
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of performance stock units granted		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of performance stock units granted		142.80%	142.80%	142.80%
Market-Based PSUs, RSUs and Restricted Stock [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense related to other than options		$ 24.6
Recognition period of unvested compensation expense		1 year 7 months 6 days
Time-Based RSUs [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense related to other than options	$ 17.8	$ 8.9
Recognition period of unvested compensation expense	3 months 18 days
Time-Based RSUs [Member] \| ADVA Optical Networking SE, [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense related to other than options		$ 2.1
Recognition period of unvested compensation expense		1 year 1 month 6 days