Intermittent generalized synchronization in unidirectionally coupled chaotic oscillators

A new behavior type of unidirectionally coupled chaotic oscillators near the generalized synchronization transition has been detected. It has been shown that the generalized synchronization appearance is preceded by the intermitted behavior: close to threshold parameter value the coupled chaotic systems demonstrate the generalized synchronization most of the time, but there are time intervals during which the synchronized oscillations are interrupted by non-synchronous bursts. This type of the system behavior has been called intermitted generalized synchronization (IGS) by analogy with intermitted lag synchronization (ILS) [Phys. Rev. E \textbf{62}, 7497 (2000)].Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, using epl.cls; published in Europhysics Letters. 70, 2 (2005) 169-17