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We discuss the phenomenon of coherence-driven gain: the effect that oscillating atomic dipoles can amplify or attenuate a light field depending on the phase difference between dipoles and field. No inversion of atomic population is required to increase the field. This is in contrast to population-driven gain where an inverted atomic medium always contributes to gain, regardless of the phase of the...