The coherence of light emitted from an isolated InAs/InP quantum dot (QD) is characterized by observing the firstorder correlation functions, g(1)(τ) of the electric field. The function of g(1)(τ) at 8 K shows an exponential decay with a decay time of 130 (±5) ps, corresponding to a Lorentzian spectral shape with 10.2 (±0.4) μeV in full width at half maximum. We observed systematic variation in g(1)(τ) as a function of temperature and excitation power. Our findings suggest that the motion of carriers surrounding QDs had a crucial effect on the decoherence (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)