In 1989, half of the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Hans Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul for the development of the ion trap technique in the 1950s and 1960s.
V roku 1989 bola polovica Nobelovej ceny za fyziku udelená Hansovi Dehmeltovi a Wolfgangovi Paulovi za rozvoj techniky iónovej pasce medzi rokmi 1950 až 1960.