%0 Journal Article %T A novel scheme for simple and precise measurement of the complex refractive index and thickness of thin films %A Yu Peng %J Physics %D 2013 %I arXiv %R 10.1117/12.2067095 %X We demonstrate applications of a novel scheme which is used for measuring refractive index and thickness of thin film by analyzing the relative phase difference and reflected ratio at reflection point of a monolithic folded Fabry-Perot cavity (MFC). The complex refractive index and the thickness are calculated according to the Fresnel formula. Results show that the proposed method has a big improvement in accuracy with simple and clear operating process compared with the conventional Ellipsometry. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.0312v1