Basic NMR hardware books in order of increasing complexity or specialization

1. E. Fukushima and S. B. W. Roeder, "Experimental Pulse NMR: A Nuts and Bolts Approach", Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1981
2. P. T. Callaghan, "Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy", Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991

Introductory NMR hardware papers of interest in the same order as above

1. D. I. Hoult and R. E. Richards, "Critical factors in the design of sensitive high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers", Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A. 344, 311-340 (1975)

RF coil technology papers in the same order as above.

1. C. E. Hayes, W. A. Edelstein, and J. F. Schenck, "Radio Frequency Resonators", Chapter 72, pp. 1183-1200, in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. II, edited by C. Partain, R. Price, J. Patton, M. Kulkarmi, and A. James, Jr. , W. B. Saunders, Co., 1988.
2. J. Murphy-Boesch, and A. P. Koretsky, "An in vivo NMR probe circuit for improved sensitivity", J. Magn. Reson. 54, 526 (1983)
3. M. Decorps, P. Blondet, H. Reutenauer, and J. P. Albrand, "An inductively coupled, series-tuned NMR probe", J. Magn. Reson. 65, 100 (1985)
4. P. B. Roemer, W. A. Edelstein, C. E. Hayes, S. P. Souza and O. M. Mueller, "The NMR Phased Array", Magn. Reson. Med. 16, 192 (1990)

Magnetic field gradient technology papers