Comparison of Phase Synchronizability of Several Regular Networks for Non-Phase-Coherent Attractors

Though applying master stability function method to analyse network complete synchronization has been well studied in chaotic dynamical systems, it does not work well for phase synchronization. Moreover, it is difficult to identify phase synchronization with the angle of rotation for non-phase-coherent attractors. We employ the recurrences plot method to detect phase synchronization for several regular networks with non-phase-coherent attractors. It is found that the coupling strength μ is different for different coupled networks. The coupling strength μ is reduced as completed coupled network scale enlarges, the coupling strength μ of star coupled network is irrelevant to network scale, and these two regular networks are easier to achieve phase synchronization. However, for ring and chain coupled networks, the larger the phase synchronization couple strength μ is, the larger the network scale is, and it is more difficult to achieve phase synchronization. For same scale network, once ring coupled structure becomes a chain coupled structure, phase synchronization becomes much more difficult.