title: Quantitative analysis of chaotic synchronization by means of coherence.
abstract: We use an index of chaotic synchronization based on the averaged coherence function for the quantitative analysis of the process of the complete synchronization loss in unidirectionally coupled oscillators and maps. We demonstrate that this value manifests different stages of the synchronization breaking. It is invariant to time delay and insensitive to small noise and distortions, which can influence the accessible signals at measurements. Peculiarities of the synchronization destruction in maps and oscillators are investigated.
authors.affiliation: Radiophysics and Nonlinear Dynamics Department of the Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya 83, Saratov, Russia. alexey@chaos.ssu.runnet.ru
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shabunin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Astakhov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurths