  We consider the time required for complete synchronization of two identical
one-way coupled vander Pol-Duffing oscillators occurring in the regime of
dynamic chaos. The influence of the initial phase differ-ence between
oscillators on the duration of the process of complete synchronization has been
studied. At a fixedphase of chaotic oscillations of the self-excited drive
oscillator, the period of time (past the coupling onset) during which the
complete synchronization regime is established depends on the phase of the
self-excited responseoscillator
