parent.html
<a href="#" onclick='window.open("child.html","_blank","height=100,width=100,
status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no");return false'>pop up</a>
child.html
<p>child window</p>
<script>
window.onload = function(){
window.opener.location.reload(true);
window.close();
}();
</script>