[en] The fiscal year ending September 1983 (FY83) has been a productive one for the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). During the year we have made progress in inertial confinement fusion by demonstrating the advantages of short-wavelength lasers for efficient coupling to fusion targets. Experiments at LLE with both the 24-beam, 1054-nm OMEGA facility and the single-beam, 351-nm Glass Development Laser (GDL) system have concentrated on the physics of coronal coupling, energy transport, and uniformity for short-wavelength, direct-drive laser fusion