Solution

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Use emission, reflection and return-to-source events . In the source-and-mirror rest frame their coordinates are , and . The laser and mirror have vertical worldlines; the two light rays have slopes on a diagram with equal spatial and scales.
For a frame moving with velocity along the outgoing beam, let and . A Lorentz transformation gives
Both laser and mirror now move towards negative , with worldlines and . Light still has slopes . The moving observer's own worldline is ; it should not be confused with the moving source worldline.
Figure 1.
Emission, mirror reflection and return to the original source in the rest frame and a moving Lorentz frame
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