Synchronization of chaotic intermittent behavior

We study phase synchronization effects in a chain of non-identical chaotic oscillators with a type-I intermittent behavior. Two types of parameter distribution: linear and random, are considered. The typical occurring futures are the onset and existence of global (all-to-all) and cluster (partial) synchronization with increase of coupling. Increase of coupling strength can also lead to desynchronization phenomena, i.e. global or cluster synchronization is changed into a regime where synchronization is intermittent with incoherent states. Then the regime of fully incoherent non-synchronous state-spatio-temporal intermittency appears.