Phase and LAG synchronization in coupled fractional order chaotic oscillators

Chaotic dynamics of fractional (non-integer) order systems have begun to attract much attention in recent years. In this paper, we study the phase and lag synchronization in coupled two fractional order chaotic oscillators. It is shown that with the increase of coupling strength, the system first undergoes a transition to phase synchronization, and when the coupling strength is increased further, another transition to lag synchronization occurs. It is further shown that the system with two chaotic oscillators of different orders can also exhibit phase synchronization phenomena, although the identical synchronization is impossible in this case.