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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Gross

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration

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Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operations, Purchase Price Released From Escrow

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Amount after tax of income (loss) from a discontinued operation including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, the income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and adjustments to a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 09, 2017	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations		$ 600	$ 0
High Speed Optical Receivers Business \| Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received	$ 33,500
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations	29,500
Escrow deposits related to indemnity claims	$ 4,000			$ 2,500
Amount of the escrow balance received		600		$ 1,500
Loss on sale of discontinued operations		1,436
Optoelectronic Components and Subassemblies \| Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Contingent consideration on discontinued operation					$ 1,000
Macom \| High Speed Optical Receivers Business \| Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Amount of the escrow balance received		$ 1,900