The invention relates to a multiband chromatic dispersion compensation optical
fiber comprising successively, from the center toward the periphery, a central
slice whose maximum index is higher than the index of the cladding, a buried slice
whose minimum index is lower than the index of the cladding, and an annular slice
whose maximum index is higher than the index of the cladding and lower than the
maximum index of the central slice, a cladding of constant index, and having, on
the one hand, at the wavelength of 1550 nm, firstly a chromatic dispersion of less
than -8 ps/nm.km, secondly a chromatic dispersion to dispersion slope ratio whose
absolute value is greater than 750 nm, and thirdly a mode diameter greater than
5 m, and on the other hand, at the wavelength of 1625 nm, bending losses
for a radius of 10 mm that are less than 400 dB/m.