In a simple coupled-map system, we show that the desynchronization of the c
haotic attractor occurs through a series of Hopf bifurcations. As a result
of the accumulation of these processes, the blowout bifurcation of this cou
pled map system is a new kind of Hopf bifurcation from a chaotic attractor.
Riddling, bubbling, and characters of this particular manifestation of Hop
f bifurcation from a chaotic attractor are studied in this paper. [S1063-65
1X(99)14811-6].