摘要 |
The invention relates to a measuring device (1) for measuring an electrical current, comprising a light source (5) for generating a polarised primary light signal for feeding into a Faraday sensor unit (2), and comprising a detector (6) for detecting a secondary light signal provided by the Faraday sensor unit (2) and polarisation-altered in relation to the primary light signal. The invention is characterised by an optical-electrical compensation element (8, 9, 10), by means of which the polarisation alteration of the secondary light signal can be compensated via an opposite polarisation alteration, and a measurement signal, according to the opposite polarisation alteration, for the electrical current can be deduced. The invention also relates to a method for measuring an electrical current by means of the measuring device (1). |